Virgin Australia & Qantas offering air freight capacity on international flights

To support Australian exporters, Qantas and Virgin Australia are offering air freight capacity on repatriation international passenger services to Auckland, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and London, from Thursday 9 April 2020 – giving Australian producers a way to obtain valuable inputs for their businesses. 

The return flights to Australia will bring in vital medicines, medical supplies and equipment to support Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The confirmed international flights will operate for approximately 4 weeks on the following routes:

QANTAS

Origin Destination Days of Operation

BNE

HKG Weds, Sat
MEL HKG Mon, Fri
MEL LHR (via PER)  Sun
BNE LAX Thurs
MEL AKL Mon, Sun
BNE AKL Thurs, Sat

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA

Origin Destination Days of operation
BNE HKG Mon, Fri
HKG BNE Tues, Sat
BNE LAX Weds
LAX BNE Thurs

Additional Freight-only Flights

In addition to the above, 55 commercial freight-only flights have been scheduled during April, a total of 540 services for this month.

Contact your Freight Forwarder

To access these flights, contact your standard freight operations and freight forwarder.

For more informaton regarding the repatriation flights, contact:

Qantas: email [email protected]

Virgin Australia: email [email protected]