In Qantas' announcement, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said scheduling changes have enabled Qantas to

For Qantas, the substitution of the A380 for the Boeing 747 means that travelers back to Australia will now be able to fly to Sydney nonstop. While prevailing winds allow the Sydney-DFW flight to operate nonstop, Qantas had to operate the return portion from DFW to Brisbane because the 747 did not have the range to reliably fly nonstop back to Sydney. The A380 does.
In Qantas’ announcement, Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said scheduling changes have enabled Qantas continentalairlines to use its aircraft more productively and made it possible to deploy an A380 to the Dallas/Fort Worth route.
“Dallas has become an important gateway for Qantas customers since we started flying there in 2011. It is the hub for our partner American Airlines and offers more than 30 destinations beyond the west coast of the United States continentalairlines as well as parts of Canada and Mexico on their network,” Joyce said.
While the change puts more seats on the route, Qantas will cut the frequency from one flight a day to six flights a week, with no service on Tuesday. Even so, Qantas said the change will mean 10 percent more seats per week on the route.
D/FW Airport CEO Sean Donohue called the announcement “outstanding news for our Airport and the Dallas/Fort Worth region, because it adds more seats to what has become a very popular and important route.”
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