Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has announced the airline will add about 100 flights a week from Monday as they prepare to relaunch international travel via a trans-Tasman travel bubble with New Zealand.
“New Zealand is a big market for us, New Zealand is the largest international market in and out of Australia,” he said at the opening of Qantas’
“flagship” lounge. “What we are doing is going back in in style and in force into the Kiwi market.” The two-way travel bubble is set to launch on April 19.
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