Extra Qantas Flights To Australia For World Youth Day

Qantas has announced the provision of additional flights to Australia to bring more international visitors to the country for World Youth Day, which takes place next July, 2008.

The carrier is planning four extra services, one from Los Angeles and three from Rome, where demand is expected to be very high. Qantas have not operated from Rome since 2003 so this is quite an occasion for the airline, providing as they are direct return flights to Sydney from the Italian capital.

There has already been a large number of advance bookings for the event which is why Qantas feel the need to announce these additional flights, catering for the areas of greatest demand. The airline will also keep a close eye on how the tickets are selling and are quite prepared to offer more flights should they be needed.

This is in contrast to the mass exodus expected from local Aussies to give way to the pilgrims.

Aside: Funny that Qantas is called the "Spirit of Australia".