Alan Joyce flags a new-look Qantas in a post-pandemic world

Alan Joyce says Qantas will have to become a different airline after the coronavirus pandemic and will consider shrinking its fleet and network in line with demand during a years-long recovery from the health crisis. Qantas’ CE Tuesday confirmed it had put an order for new aircraft to operate its much-hyped non-stop "Project Sunrise" flights to New York and London on ice and will also consider offloading some of its 12 Airbus A380 super-jumbos. Joyce said international travel demand will take years to recover, however he did see "light at the end of the tunnel" with the potential for domestic restrictions to soon ease and a possible trans-Tasman "bubble" to open up travel to New Zealand. However with any recovery expected to be gradual - and slowed by a likely global recession - Joyce said Qantas was reconsidering its fleet, where it flies and how it spends it cash. "The Qantas of 2021 and 2022 will not be the Qantas of 2019," he said following a market update on the company's pandemic response. "We’re looking at the scope and scale of our businesses going forward."<br/>