As travel-hungry Australians fixate on whether Qatar Airways will get its additional 28 flights into Australia, co-founder and chief executive of the Flight Centre Travel Group, Graham Turner, warns significant downward pressure on flight prices will not happen until the end of next year.
In late July, Turkish Airlines held a large black-tie bash at Melbourne’s Palladium at Crown to celebrate its plans to begin flights between Melbourne into Istanbul, via Singapore.to the government to double an existing bilateral agreement between Turkey and Australia to allow it to fly 14 flights a week from Melbourne and Sydney, up from just seven.
In more heartening news for those watching ticket prices, Singapore Airlines will increase its seat capacity ex-Australia from April next year, while the big Chinese carriers are also ramping back up.
China Eastern’s Boeing 777 business-class cabin has 52 seats with privacy screens, and six seats in first.