Qatar Airways strengthens its presence in Oceania
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Starting December 9, Qatar Airways is reconfiguring its network in Oceania, centering it around Melbourne. The city will become the airline’s primary gateway to the region: the carrier is increasing service to two daily departures to Doha, resuming daily flights to Canberra, and replacing Adelaide with Melbourne as the stopover point for flights to Auckland.
Doha-Melbourne: 2 daily flights
Melbourne-Canberra: 1 daily flight
Melbourne-Auckland: 1 daily flight
Doha-Melbourne flight schedule
Doha → Melbourne: departs at 01:50, arrives in Melbourne at 23:20. Melbourne → Auckland: departs at 01:20, arrives at 06:50.
Auckland → Melbourne: departs at 13:15, arrives at 15:10.
Melbourne → Doha: departs at 17:10, arrives at 23:25.
The second Doha-Melbourne flight continues on to Canberra, operating daily from December 9.
Flights are operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, featuring a two class configuration with 354 seats.
How much does a flight ticket cost for the Melbourne-Auckland route?
The introductory fares noted for this route are around $1,300 in business class and $550 in economy, roughly on par with Qantas and Air New Zealand.