Qantas's Perth non-stop flight to London will use the new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. (photo by the Australian newspaper)
According to the Australian newspaper, experts say Qantas (Qantas) 's "kangaroo route," (kangaroo route), a route from Australia to the UK through the Eastern Hemisphere, has always been highly competitive. Qantas today held a historic conference on Perth's direct flight to London.
As airlines compete increasingly against the kangaroo route, Australian consumers may be able to take flights to the UK at lower prices.
Industry insiders, CAPA Aviation Center (CAPA-Centre for Aviation) Executive Chairman Harbison (Peter Harbison) said the airline ticket price war "has been on stage for decades, will not go away."
"it's just that the intensity of the price war has changed," he said. Now that Australia has more than 40 routes to and from Europe, and China Airlines has joined the competition, the price war will not go far. The competition is particularly intense at the moment, with the exception of high-end economy class (Premium economy) in all positions. "
Airlines have always been interested in the "kangaroo route", which opened in 1947 for Sydney only to London, while Qantas's direct flight to London caused "group resentment".
This non-stop flight is expected to take 17 hours and fly 14498 kilometers based on the wind direction. The first flight will take off at 6:50 this evening.
Qantas non-stop flights to the promotion price of A $1296, the promotion ends on Tuesday. In addition, Qatari Airways (Qatar Airways) Perth flight from May 1 to London will also receive a special price of A $1120 if tickets are booked before last Tuesday.
In addition, Emirates (Emirates) offers A $1269 for flights up to April 10 and requires bookings by March 27. (Garuda Indonesia), Indonesia's Hawk Airlines, offers special tickets of A $999 to passengers booked before March 31. Travel company STA Travel also launched a A $1049 special ticket from Sydney to London for Air China (Air China), which needs to be booked by April 30.
Hans Ford (Neil Hansford), an aviation analyst and chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions, an aviation strategy analytics company, said that although the traditional Australian-British routes have existed for many years, the addition of China Airlines has brought greater competition to the "kangaroo route" market. It also puts more pressure on the price war.