Reconnecting Sydney and Port Moresby

The service will operate twice per week from March 2026^* on the airline's Boeing 737 aircraft, adding almost 35,000 seats annually to Papua New Guinea and complementing Qantas' existing daily Brisbane-Port Moresby flights.

The route will support increased travel in both directions, providing additional capacity for the sporting and leisure traffic expected between the two cities.

The route also supports growing business travel between the two countries, providing a direct link to Sydney and onward connections to Qantas' domestic network across Australia and New Zealand.

The Sydney-Port Moresby service is being restored in response to expected demand driven by PNG's entry into Australia's premier rugby league competition and continued growth in business and leisure travel, following a temporary suspension earlier this year.

Key route information and history

• The route will operate year-round on a Boeing 737 aircraft twice per week.
• Sydney – Port Moresby will operate as QF203/204 on Mondays and Fridays.
• Qantas has operated to Papua New Guinea since the 1940s with two light aircraft stationed in Lae for local operations.
• Qantas' four engine DC4 Skymaster began flying the Sydney – Port Moresby – Lae route in 1950 and in 1959, Port Moresby was used as a refueling point for Qantas flights to Hong Kong.