Qantas Airline will be the new airline company that will accommodate people from DFW Airport according to an NBC 5 DFW article from March 26 which reports,
“DFW Airport will begin operating non-stop service flights to Melbourne, Australia through Qantas Airline, the airport announced Saturday.
“DFW Airport is pleased to welcome Qantas no-stop service to Melbourne,” Sean Donohue, chief executive officer at DFW Airport said. “Both regions are experiencing rapid growth and this addition will provide new opportunities for international business ties, tourism and economic development.”
Qantas currently provides flight services to Sydney from DFW Airport, which resumed earlier this year. DFW Airport will be the only airport not located on the west coast with non-stop service to Melbourne.
The service will operate four times a week beginning Dec. 2 and tickets for those flights are on sale now.
The new flight services of Qantas is one of the many new flight services of different airline companies as a response to the relaxation of COVID-19 protocols according to a Dallas Morning News article from March 26 which reports,
“It’s one of several new international routes DFW has welcomed in recent months, with a flight between DFW and Helsinki, Finland, starting Sunday, the same day that Air France comes back to the airport after a two-year break during COVID-19.
Turkish Airlines started a DFW-Istanbul flight in September as well. DFW now has service slated for 71 international destinations.
Several countries have announced plans in recent weeks to lower COVID-19 restrictions, and U.S. air carriers are calling on the federal government to drop masking and international testing mandates, too.
American Airlines also announced plans in 2019 to fly to Auckland, New Zealand, but that flight was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and plans to restart it have not been announced.”
The new flight services and routes are good signs of progressing and improving conditions of different countries after the world was hit by the pandemic which has dramatically slowed down the airline industry and tourism.
