Qantas is adding thousands of extra seats to its transtasman services in early spring as its subsidiary Jetstar moves ahead with plans for regional services.
Qantas said it will operate 44 additional services across the Tasman between September 16 and October 11 to meet extra demand.
"The extra seasonal services deliver on our strategy of offering a more dynamic schedule to provide customers with more choice at the time of year they want to travel," said Qantas Regional Manager New Zealand and South America, Igor Kwiatkowski.
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The new services would add 7300 more seats across the Tasman, using Boeing 737 aircraft. Most of the flights (13) would be between Auckland and Sydney.