FED: Qantas adds three more flights to help clear backlog

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2010
FED: Qantas adds three more flights to help clear backlog

Qantas will boost flights between Australia and Europe .. as it tries to clear a backlog
of passengers .. stranded by the recent closure of European airports.

Chief executive ALAN JOYCE says it will take two to three weeks to clear the backlog
of more than 15-thousand travellers.

He says the airline has been working with relevant airport authorities to gain clearances
to operate supplementary flights between Australia and Europe.

Qantas is adding three flights to its schedule for today and tomorrow .. and is looking
into options for more flights to London.

Mr JOYCE says staff are processing passengers in order of need .. with priority given
to the elderly and families with young children.

He says flights are heavily booked through to early May .. and there are limited seats
to rebook passengers.

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The three additional Qantas flights are:

* QF158 London to Sydney via Singapore which left today at 9.20am (AEST).

* QF171 Sydney to Frankfurt via Singapore departing tonight at 10.00 (AEST)

* QF172 Frankfurt to Sydney via Singapore departing tomorrow at 11pm (AEST).

KEYWORD: VOLCANO QANTAS FLIGHT (SYDNEY)

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