Qantas adds flights to Bali

Qantas adds flights to Bali

SYDNEY (Reuters): Australia's flagship airline Qantas Airways Ltd said yesterday it will suspend flights to Fukuoka, Tokyo, Jakarta, Bangkok and Vietnam but add services to Bali, Los Angeles, Singapore, Mumbai and Bali.

Executive general manager, commercial, Geoff Dixon said in a statement the changes would allow Qantas to redirect capacity to growth markets, including Europe and the United States.

"We will monitor the situation closely with a view to reintroducing services when demand begins to strengthen."

Qantas, 25 percent owned by British Airways Plc, said it will suspend its five weekly flights from Sydney to Fukuoka from October, a flight from Sydney to Tokyo from August, and two weekly services to Vietnam from August.

It will also stop its twice weekly flights to Bangkok from Perth, and reduce its Perth-Jakarta service to twice a week from three times a week from August.

But Qantas will add two weekly flights to Los Angeles from September 11, a seventh weekly flight from Sydney to Singapore and Mumbai from August, a fifth weekly flight from Adelaide to Singapore from mid-August and a weekly flight from Brisbane to Denpasar from mid-August.