Qantas returns to Dallas, ramps up international flights from Brisbane

Qantas has quietly revealed that it will resume flights to six overseas destinations, as Australia’s international border restrictions finally fall, including a number of additional services from Brisbane. It comes after PM Scott Morrison announced that Australia’s borders are set to finally reopen to fully vaccinated tourists and visa holders from 21 February, marking the first time the country has fully eased its international border restrictions since these were introduced in March 2020. Beginning this week, from 16 February, the Flying Kangaroo will return to its Sydney-Dallas Fort Worth route as QF7, along with the return leg QF8, both operated by its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. According to Flightaware, the last time Qantas operated QF7 was 25 March 2020, while QF8 operated for the last time the following day. Then from 27 March, Qantas will reinstate its Brisbane-Singapore, Sydney-Manila and Sydney-Jakarta routes, and the following day resume Sydney-Denpasar (Bali) flights – as previously suggested. Qantas is also gearing up to restart daily flights connecting Brisbane and Los Angeles on its Airbus A330 aircraft from 1 April. The news comes as Qantas Domestic and International CEO Andrew David revealed that bookings for inbound flights to Australia doubled within one day of the Prime Minister’s border announcement.<br/>