Brisbane Airport will provide pax with an extra 1.3 million international seats over the next 12 months, welcoming new routes, additional flights to existing services and aircraft upgrades for more capacity to boost travel options for Queenslanders.
Coinciding with the start of the 2023 Northern Hemisphere winter season, the boost to Brisbane Airport services is welcome news for Queenslanders planning summer holidays.
With the launch of seven new routes and expanded services, BNE forecasts international passenger numbers to increase to 90 per cent in December, up from 81 per cent of pre-COVID capacity in September 2023.
New routes and capacity upgrades
On 29 October, Qantas will start thrice-weekly services to Honiara and seven flights per week to Wellington, while United Airlines will increase its BNE-SFO route to daily.
From 30 October, Jetstar will commence five services per week to Tokyo (Narita) and Rex will start seven services per week to Adelaide.
In the return of Chinese carriers to BNE, China Eastern will launch thrice-weekly flights to Shanghai on 1 November, rising to seasonal daily services from 11 December.
China Southern will commence four services per week to Guangzhou from 18 November, also increasing to seasonal daily flights from 11 December.
On 1 December, UA will start four weekly flights between BNE and LAX.
With the additional routes, BNE will connect to 29 international destinations and offer the largest domestic network, connecting to 61 scheduled and charter destinations.
Boosting the state tourism economy
Brisbane Airport EGM of Aviation Ryan Both said the additional services will boost Queensland tourism.
“We know when Brisbane Airport is busy, Queensland is busy and things are about to step up a notch,” he said.
“This really demonstrates the success of the Queensland Government and airports’ joint initiative to kick-start and grow new services to boost the state’s visitor economy.”
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