Since March, at least a dozen routes to and from Australia have been launched, with more to come in the months ahead.
They include Fiji Airways’ Cairns to Nadi hop from April, China Southern’s Adelaide-Guangzhou from December 12, and Cathay Pacific’s Cairns-Hong Kong services from December 17.
In addition, Delta Air Lines has just started Brisbane-Los Angeles,
Turkish Airlines has launched Istanbul to Sydney via Kuala Lumpur, and American Airlines is flying non-stop from Dallas-Fort Worth to Brisbane.
Qantas has added Perth-Paris and
Brisbane-Port Vila this year, JetstarAsia began its Singapore-Broome flights and Air New Zealand put Hobart on its destination map from Auckland.