Qantas will begin direct flights from Brisbane to Tokyo’s Narita Airport from August next year as part of the airline’s expansion of services into Japan.
This new direct service will operate four times a week and complement a new direct daily Sydney-Haneda service.*
Qantas will also fly to Narita on three alternate days from another Australian port, which will be finalised shortly, meaning the airline will offer double daily services to Japan.
In total, Qantas will add more than 4,000 seats per week across 14 return flights between Australia and Japan on a combination of B747 (to Haneda) and A330 (to Narita) services.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the new direct service from Brisbane to Japan was a coup for Australian travellers as well as for the local economy.
“This is great news for Brisbane customers wanting to visit Japan but it’s also great news for tourism because it makes Queensland even more accessible to Japanese travellers.”
Alan Joyce, Qantas chief executive
Mr Joyce said the A330s flying to Narita will be among those gradually refurbished with all new lie-flat Business Suites, upgraded Economy seating and new in-flight entertainment.
