- Far North QLD NewsQantas to stand down two-thirds of employees temporarily as they release list of affected travel routes.
Qantas to stand down two-thirds of employees temporarily as they release list of affected travel routes.
Full list here.
Two-thirds of Qantas and Jetstar employees will be asked to temporarily stand down as they cut international flights by 90% and domestic by 60.
A number of Cairns flights to destinations across Australia and the world will be impacted due to the decision.
Today, the company has released a full list of the reworked network, and also those which will be suspended until further notice.
Here all all flights, including the Cairns network which are affected and if you need to contact the airline:
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QANTAS
Revised Qantas mainline network
| Region/Port | Destination |
| East Coast capitals | Sydney-Melbourne (88 return services per week, down from 250)
Sydney-Brisbane (50 return services per week, down from 142) Melbourne-Brisbane (36 return services per week, down from 95) |
| East-west | Sydney-Perth (25 return services per week, down from 47)
Melbourne-Perth (22 return services per week, down from 46) Brisbane-Perth (14 return services per week, down from 35) |
| Canberra | Sydney-Canberra (38 return services per week, down from 115)
Melbourne-Canberra (38 return services per week, down from 67) Brisbane-Canberra (15 return services per week, down from 35) Adelaide-Canberra (7 return services per week, down from 12) |
| Northern Territory | Sydney-Darwin (7 return services per week, down from 11)
Brisbane-Darwin (3 return services per week, down from 7) Adelaide-Alice Springs (7 return services per week, nil change) Sydney-Alice Springs (7 return services per week, nil change) Darwin-Alice Springs (7 return services per week, down from 14) |
| Adelaide | Sydney-Adelaide (21 return services per week, down from 54)
Melbourne-Adelaide (27 return services per week, down from 69) Brisbane-Adelaide (13 return services per week, down from 25) Perth-Adelaide (14 return services per week, down from 28) |
| Tasmania | Melbourne-Hobart (9 return services per week, down from 26)
Sydney-Hobart (7 return services per week, down from 17) |
| Queensland | Sydney-Gold Coast (14 return services per week, down from 28)
Sydney-Cairns (7 return services per week, down from 14) Brisbane-Cairns (14 return services per week, down from 38) Brisbane-Townsville (14 return services per week, down from 36) |
Revised Qantas regional network
| Region/Port | Destination |
| Sydney | Albury, Armidale, Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga (around 12 return services per week)
Lord Howe Island (7 return services per week) Moree (6 return services per week) |
| Brisbane | Bundaberg (12 return services per week)
Emerald* Gladstone* Hamilton Island, Hervey Bay (7 return services per week) Longreach via Barcaldine or Blackall* Mackay (21 return services per week) Moranbah (23 return services per week) Roma* Charleville* Rockhampton* Mt Isa * |
| Cairns | Townsville*
Horn Island (7 return services per week) Weipa (13 return services per week) |
| Townsville | Mount Isa via Cloncurry (9 return services per week)
Townsville-Mackay-Rockhampton (7 return services per week) |
| Adelaide | Port Lincoln, Whyalla (7 return services per week)
Kangaroo Island (3 return services per week) |
| Melbourne | Devonport, Launceston (12 return services per week) |
| Perth | Geraldton (9 return services per week)
All other intra-WA regional routes unaffected |
*new schedule still to be finalised
Suspended regional Qantas routes
| Region/Port | Destination |
| Adelaide | Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Darwin (Direct) |
| Alice Springs | Uluru (Ayers Rock)
Brisbane Melbourne Perth |
| Uluru (Ayers Rock) | Cairns |
| Brisbane | Alice Springs
Lord Howe Tamworth |
| Cairns | Hamilton Island
Melbourne |
| Darwin | Adelaide (direct)
Uluru (Ayers Rock) Broome Melbourne |
| Melbourne | Alice Springs
Broome Darwin Gold Coast Hamilton Island |
| Perth | Alice Springs
Canberra |
| Sydney | Ballina (Launch delayed)
Bendigo Broome Hamilton Island Mildura (Launch delayed) Orange (Launch delayed) Sunshine Coast Toowoomba (Wellcamp) |
JETSTAR
Jetstar domestic and Jetstar domestic in New Zealand
| Region/Port | Destination |
| East Coast capitals | Sydney-Melbourne (28 return services per week, down from 93)
Sydney -Brisbane (14 return services per week, down from 43) Brisbane-Melbourne (14 return services per week, down from 34) |
| Queensland Coast | Cairns-Sydney (7 return services per week, down from 43)
Sunshine Coast-Sydney (7 return services per week, down from 25) Sunshine Coast-Melbourne (7 return services per week, down from 18) Brisbane-Townsville (7 return services per week, down from 14) Cairns-Melbourne (14 return services per week, down from 26) Proserpine-Brisbane (7 return services per week, no change) |
| Gold Coast | Gold Coast-Sydney (21 return services per week, down from 70)
Gold Coast-Melbourne (14 return services per week, down from 45) |
| NSW Coast | Ballina-Sydney (7 return services per week, down from 18)
Newcastle-Brisbane (7 return services per week, down from 16) Newcastle-Melbourne (7 return services per week, down from 25) |
| Tasmania | Hobart-Melbourne (7 return services per week, down from 25)
Launceston-Melbourne (14 return services per week, down from 26) Hobart-Sydney (7 return services per week, down from 17) Launceston-Sydney (7 return services per week, down from 9) |
| South Australia | Adelaide-Melbourne (14 return services per week, down from 24)
Adelaide-Sydney (14 return services per week, down from 26) |
| Western Australia | Perth-Melbourne (7 return services per week, down from 11) |
| Northern Territory | Uluru (Ayres Rock) to Sydney (6 return services per week, down from 7) |
| Other (inc Jetstar New Zealand) | Avalon-Sydney (14 return services per week, down from 38)
Auckland-Christchurch (14 return services per week, down from 42) Wellington-Christchurch (14 return services per week, down from 42) |
Suspended routes
| Queensland coast | All flights to Hamilton Island and Mackay
Brisbane-Cairns |
| Gold Coast | Gold Coast-Adelaide
Gold Coast-Avalon Gold Coast-Cairns Gold Coast-Newcastle Gold Coast-Perth |
| NSW Coast | Ballina-Melbourne |
| Tasmania | Hobart-Adelaide
Hobart-Brisbane Launceston-Brisbane |
| South Australia | Adelaide-Avalon
Adelaide-Brisbane Adelaide-Cairns Adelaide-Mackay |
| Western Australia | Perth-Adelaide
Perth-Gold Coast Perth-Cairns Perth-Sydney Busselton-Melbourne (Launched delayed) |
| Northern Territory | All Darwin services |
| Other (including Jetstar New Zealand) | Auckland-Dunedin
Auckland-Queenstown Wellington-Queenstown |