Qantas increases flights

Qantas increases flights

CANBERRA (Reuter): Australia's International Air Services Commission said it had approved Qantas Airways Ltd operating an additional six return services to Indonesia, taking the airline's frequency to 27 weekly flights.

"The increased number of services will also see the commencement of services on three new routes: Brisbane to Jakarta, Melbourne to Jakarta and Darwin to Timika (Irian Jaya)," the commission said in a statement.

A spokesman for the commission said the extra flights would amount to the equivalent of 1.8 return flights a week by a 400- seat Boeing 747.

The commission, charged with allocating Australia's air traffic rights between airlines, also approved an increase in the number of Indonesian flights operated by the privately held National Jet Systems.

The spokesman said National Jet would be allowed to reorganize its island-hopping service from Australia's remote west coast to Christmas Island, Bali and Singapore.