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Qantas has urged travel agents to sell its new direct non-stop flights to Santiago, Chile saying there are big returns to be made, especially in premium business travel.
This morning, the airline hosted a breakfast at Sydney’s Park Hyatt Hotel in The Rocks for 60 elite corporate agents and South American wholesalers and said there is already big demand for seats on the route even though the service is less than a month old. “Our load factors for April are averaging 80% with strong forward bookings, and we expect the market to expand even further with growing visitor numbers, mining investment and an Australia-Chile free trade agreement in place, said Peter Collins, Qantas’ Regional General Manager NSW. “Flying to Santiago is part of Qantas’ strategy to target global gateway cities in one of South America’s fastest -growing economies and it won’t be long before our current three-times-weekly flights become daily”, Collins predicted. Qantas operates a B-747 on the route that has been refurbished with award-winning A380-style cabins, seats and inflight entertainment. Tom Goldman, Goldman Travel |
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Peter Hosper, Travel Authority Group Peter Collins, Qantas Tess Fowler, Embassy of Chile Emma Brodie, Qantas Sales Manager Alan Wolf, Bay Travel |
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