Introducing new direct flights to Perth

On sale now, the new flights will unlock more connections for Kiwis across the airline's expanding international network. These new direct flights between Auckland and Perth will offer easy, one-stop connections to a range of exciting destinations both internationally and within Western Australia, including the new flights from Perth to Johannesburg as well as London, Broome and more.

Further enhancements to international schedule

Following the announcement of introducing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on flights between Auckland and Brisbane, today Qantas has also announced that this aircraft will then continue on to Los Angeles daily from October 2025.

As part of the ongoing partnership between American Airlines and Qantas, the airlines will together make some seasonal changes to Brisbane and Melbourne flying over the busy Australian summer period.

For December 2025 and January 2026, the airlines will enable a continuation of daily 787 Dreamliner services between Brisbane and Los Angeles with Qantas operating four flights per week and American Airlines operating three flights per week. For this same period, Qantas will increase Boeing 787 flights between Melbourne and Dallas to daily, with its Boeing 787 flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles returning to daily from February 2026.

As part of the Group’s dual-brand strategy, Jetstar will cease flying between Sydney and Honolulu after the last flight on Friday 24 October 2025 with its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to be redeployed to other destinations in Asia. Qantas will subsequently operate between 5 to 6 services per week between Sydney and Honolulu, which remains popular amongst customers following the recent launch of its flights from Melbourne to the Hawaiian capital.

As previously announced, Qantas’ final A380 is returning to service with the aircraft deployed on flights between Sydney and Dallas from January 2026. This will see more premium seats (First, Business and Premium Economy) offered on the route.

These new flights will unlock more connections for Kiwis across Qantas’ expanding international network.

Key Information on new Perth routes

• Fares are available now with the inaugural Auckland-Perth service taking off on 7 December 2025* and inaugural Perth-Johannesburg service taking off on 7 December 2025^*.
• Both routes will operate three times per week on a Qantas A330 aircraft with 27 business class suites in 1-2-1 configuration, each featuring direct aisle access and converting into a lie-flat bed, and 224 economy seats^*.
• Auckland-Perth will operate as QF112/QF111^*.
• Perth-Johannesburg will operate as QF65/QF66^*.