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The
Kangaroo Route is a term trademarked by
Qantas IP Australia trademark details to denote
passenger airline flights between Australia and the United Kingdom, via the
Eastern Hemisphere. About Qantas - Our Company - History - Constellations Span the World These flights generally have a stopover along the
Southeast Asia flight corridor. Flights along this route are considered to generate high
yield for airlines; this is due to the large population of European ancestry in Australia, along with the long distances involved. However, because of agreements between the various governments along the route, the number of airlines allowed to fly the route has traditionally been restricted.
The main transit point is
Singapore Changi Airport, where intense competition is fought between Singapore Airlines and a British Airways-
Qantas alliance. Over 3.6 million passengers travel on the Singapore-Australia sectors alone per year , with most transiting on to Europe-bound flights. Over time, other airports have tried to take a bigger share of this transit business with varied success. While Suvarnabhumi Airport's share has remained steady (albeit small) in comparison, Kuala Lumpur International Airport lost out substantially in the race when both
British Airways and Qantas stopped their flights to the airport altogether, leaving
Malaysia Airlines as the only player. Given the range of
Airbus 340 and Boeing 777-200LR, it is now possible for direct flights between Europe and Australia, with Perth, Western Australia as the would-be key
hub , however no airline has taken advantage of this possibility as of July 2007. This is due to the payload restrictions that would be required for the aircraft to get from
Kingsford Smith International Airport to London Heathrow Airport westbound non stop, particularly due to strong headwinds on the route in the Northern Hemisphere winter season.
In recent years, airlines like Dubai-based
Emirates Airline have been aggressively promoting the use of their airports as an alternative transit points. The
Hong Kong authorities have similarly begun to open their airspace, allowing Virgin Atlantic Airways to enter this market (in December 2004), and giving
Qantas the rights to fly from Melbourne onwards to London via Hong Kong in direct competition with
Cathay Pacific. Beijing based Air China has opened 8 new European Destinations scheduled to start around 2008/09, thus increasing competition, to promote tourism and to expand its network, regardless of its losses.
Airlines offering the Kangaroo route as a direct flight are Air New Zealand, British Airways,
Qantas, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Western Hemisphere services between Europe and
Australia and New Zealand are sometimes known as the Southern Cross Route.
Routes by airline
{|class="wikitable"|-!Airline||European Departure Point(s)||Stopover||Australian Departure Point(s)|-|rowspan=2|
Air China] , Berlin-Tegel International Airport (begins March 2008), Dusseldorf International Airport (begins October 2009) , Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport Route continues to Sao Paulo, Malpensa International Airport (begins October 2009), Manchester Airport (Begins March 2009),
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Munich International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Pulkovo Airport ,
Vienna International Airport (Begins October 2009),
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Begins October 2008), Zurich Airport (begins March 2009)||Beijing Capital International Airport||Melbourne,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Frankfurt International Airport,
Malpensa International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Shanghai Pudong International Airport||Melbourne,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air New Zealand]||
Hong Kong International Airport||Auckland International Airport|-|
Asiana Airlines], London Heathrow Airport||
Incheon International Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=3|
British Airways]||
Singapore Changi Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
London Heathrow Airport||
Suvarnabhumi Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|London Heathrow Airport||
HKIA||
Auckland International AirportFlight operated by another airline under a
Code sharing arrangement|-|
Cathay Pacific], Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||Hong Kong International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Cairns International Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Airlines]These flights include destinations involving a second stop-over or more., Frankfurt International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Eastern Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport,Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Shanghai Pudong International Airport||Brisbane Airport November 2007, Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Southern Airlines],
Sheremetyevo International Airport, (Begins October 2008), Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport||Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Emirates],
Birmingham International Airport (England),
Düsseldorf International Airport, Frankfurt International Airport, Glasgow International Airport, Hamburg Airport,
Ataturk International Airport, Larnaca International Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Luqa Airport,
Manchester Airport, Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport, Munich International Airport, Newcastle Airport,
Côte d'Azur International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Marco Polo International Airport,
Vienna International Airport, Zurich International Airport||Dubai International Airport||Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Etihad Airways],
Frankfurt International Airport,
Cointrin International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Manchester Airport,
Munich International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Abu Dhabi International Airport||Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
EVA Air],
London Heathrow Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||
Brisbane Airport|-|
Japan Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Sheremetyevo International Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Narita International Airport||
Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Korean Air],
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Ruzyně International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Pulkovo AirportThese flights are seasonal rather than year-round., Zurich International Airport, Barajas International Airport, Ataturk International Airport, Vienna International Airport||
Incheon International Airport||
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport, Melbourne Airport October 22, 2007,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Malaysia Airlines],
Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Manchester Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Zurich International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||Kuala Lumpur International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=3|
Qantas]||
Suvarnabhumi Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|London Heathrow Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Hong Kong International Airport||
Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport||
Singapore Changi Airport||Adelaide International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Cairns International Airport, Darwin International Airport,
Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Royal Brunei Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport||Brunei International Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Darwin International Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Singapore Airlines], Athens International Airport,
Barcelona International Airport,
Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Manchester Airport, Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Singapore Changi Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Thai Airways International||
Athens International Airport,
Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport,
Munich International Airport,
Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Suvarnabhumi Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=2|
Vietnam Airlines], Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Tan Son Nhat International Airport||Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|Frankfurt International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Noi Bai International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Virgin Atlantic Airways||
London Heathrow Airport||Hong Kong International Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|}
Routes by stopover
{|class="wikitable"|-!Airline||European Departure Point(s)||Stopover||Australasian Departure Point(s)|-|
Etihad Airways], Frankfurt International Airport,
Cointrin International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport, Munich International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Abu Dhabi International Airport||Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
British Airways]||rowspan=3|Suvarnabhumi Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas]||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Thai Airways International||
Athens International Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport, Munich International Airport,
Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport,
Zurich International Airport||Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air China] ,
Berlin-Tegel International Airport (begins March 2008),
Dusseldorf International Airport (begins October 2009),Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Madrid Barajas International Airport Route Continues to Sao Paulo,
Malpensa International Airport (begins October 2009), Manchester Airport (Begins March 2009),
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Munich International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Pulkovo Airport, Vienna International Airport (Begins October 2009),
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Begins October 2008),
Zurich Airport(begins March 2009) ||
Beijing Capital International Airport||Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Royal Brunei Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport||Brunei International Airport||Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Darwin International Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Emirates],
Birmingham International Airport (England),
Düsseldorf International Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport,
Glasgow International Airport,
Hamburg Airport,
Ataturk International Airport,
Larnaca International Airport, London Gatwick Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Luqa Airport,
Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport, Munich International Airport, Newcastle Airport,
Côte d'Azur International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Marco Polo International Airport,
Vienna International Airport, Zurich International Airport||Dubai International Airport||Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Christchurch International Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Southern Airlines],
Sheremetyevo International Airport, (Begins October 2008), Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport||
Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Vietnam Airlines], Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Noi Bai International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Vietnam Airlines], Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Tan Son Nhat International Airport||
Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air New Zealand]||rowspan=4|
Hong Kong International Airport||Auckland International Airport|-|
Cathay Pacific], Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Cairns International Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas], Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Virgin Atlantic Airways||London Heathrow Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Malaysia Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport,
Zurich International Airport, Vienna International Airport||Kuala Lumpur International Airport||Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Asiana Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport||rowspan=2|
Incheon International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Korean Air], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Domodedovo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Ruzyně International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Pulkovo Airport,
Zurich International Airport,
Barajas International Airport, Ataturk International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport October 22, 2007, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air China], Malpensa International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||rowspan=2|
Shanghai Pudong International Airport||Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Eastern Airlines], London Heathrow Airport, Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Brisbane Airport November 2007,
Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
British Airways]||rowspan=3|Singapore Changi Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas], London Heathrow Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Cairns International Airport,
Darwin International Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Singapore Airlines], Athens International Airport,
Barcelona International Airport, Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Zurich International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Christchurch International Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||rowspan=2|Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||
Brisbane Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
EVA Air], London Heathrow Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||
Brisbane Airport|-|
Japan Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Malpensa International Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Zurich International Airport||
Narita International Airport||Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|}
Notes
The
Kangaroo Route is a term trademarked by
Qantas IP Australia trademark details to denote passenger airline flights between Australia and the United Kingdom, via the
Eastern Hemisphere. About Qantas - Our Company - History - Constellations Span the World These flights generally have a stopover along the Southeast Asia flight corridor. Flights along this route are considered to generate high yield for airlines; this is due to the large population of European ancestry in
Australia, along with the long distances involved. However, because of agreements between the various governments along the route, the number of airlines allowed to fly the route has traditionally been restricted.
The main transit point is Singapore Changi Airport, where intense competition is fought between
Singapore Airlines and a British Airways-Qantas alliance. Over 3.6 million passengers travel on the Singapore-Australia sectors alone per year , with most transiting on to Europe-bound flights. Over time, other airports have tried to take a bigger share of this transit business with varied success. While Suvarnabhumi Airport's share has remained steady (albeit small) in comparison,
Kuala Lumpur International Airport lost out substantially in the race when both British Airways and Qantas stopped their flights to the airport altogether, leaving
Malaysia Airlines as the only player. Given the range of
Airbus 340 and Boeing 777-200LR, it is now possible for direct flights between Europe and Australia, with
Perth, Western Australia as the would-be key
hub , however no airline has taken advantage of this possibility as of
July 2007. This is due to the payload restrictions that would be required for the aircraft to get from
Kingsford Smith International Airport to
London Heathrow Airport westbound non stop, particularly due to strong headwinds on the route in the Northern Hemisphere winter season.
In recent years, airlines like Dubai-based Emirates Airline have been aggressively promoting the use of their airports as an alternative transit points. The
Hong Kong authorities have similarly begun to open their airspace, allowing
Virgin Atlantic Airways to enter this market (in December 2004), and giving Qantas the rights to fly from
Melbourne onwards to London via Hong Kong in direct competition with
Cathay Pacific. Beijing based Air China has opened 8 new European Destinations scheduled to start around 2008/09, thus increasing competition, to promote tourism and to expand its network, regardless of its losses.
Airlines offering the Kangaroo route as a
direct flight are
Air New Zealand, British Airways,
Qantas, and
Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Western Hemisphere services between
Europe and Australia and New Zealand are sometimes known as the
Southern Cross Route.
Routes by airline
{|class="wikitable"|-!Airline||European Departure Point(s)||Stopover||Australian Departure Point(s)|-|rowspan=2|
Air China] ,
Berlin-Tegel International Airport (begins March 2008),
Dusseldorf International Airport (begins October 2009) ,
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Madrid Barajas International Airport Route continues to Sao Paulo, Malpensa International Airport (begins October 2009),
Manchester Airport (Begins March 2009), Sheremetyevo International Airport, Munich International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Pulkovo Airport , Vienna International Airport (Begins October 2009), Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Begins October 2008),
Zurich Airport (begins March 2009)||Beijing Capital International Airport||Melbourne, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Frankfurt International Airport, Malpensa International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Shanghai Pudong International Airport||
Melbourne, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air New Zealand]||Hong Kong International Airport||
Auckland International Airport|-|
Asiana Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport||Incheon International Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=3|
British Airways]||Singapore Changi Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
London Heathrow Airport||Suvarnabhumi Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
London Heathrow Airport||
HKIA||
Auckland International AirportFlight operated by another airline under a
Code sharing arrangement|-|
Cathay Pacific], Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Hong Kong International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Cairns International Airport,
Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Airlines]These flights include destinations involving a second stop-over or more., Frankfurt International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||
Brisbane Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Eastern Airlines], London Heathrow Airport,Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Shanghai Pudong International Airport||
Brisbane Airport November 2007, Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Southern Airlines], Sheremetyevo International Airport, (Begins October 2008),
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport||Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Emirates],
Birmingham International Airport (England),
Düsseldorf International Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport, Glasgow International Airport,
Hamburg Airport, Ataturk International Airport,
Larnaca International Airport, London Gatwick Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Luqa Airport, Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport,
Munich International Airport,
Newcastle Airport, Côte d'Azur International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Marco Polo International Airport, Vienna International Airport,
Zurich International Airport||Dubai International Airport||Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Etihad Airways],
Frankfurt International Airport,
Cointrin International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport, Munich International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Abu Dhabi International Airport||
Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
EVA Air], London Heathrow Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Vienna International Airport||Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||
Brisbane Airport|-|
Japan Airlines],
Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Malpensa International Airport, Sheremetyevo International Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Narita International Airport||
Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Korean Air], Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Ruzyně International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Pulkovo AirportThese flights are seasonal rather than year-round., Zurich International Airport,
Barajas International Airport,
Ataturk International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||Incheon International Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport, Melbourne Airport October 22, 2007,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Malaysia Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Manchester Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport,
Zurich International Airport, Vienna International Airport||Kuala Lumpur International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=3|
Qantas]||
Suvarnabhumi Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|London Heathrow Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||Hong Kong International Airport||
Brisbane Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport||Singapore Changi Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Cairns International Airport,
Darwin International Airport,
Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Royal Brunei Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport||Brunei International Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport,
Darwin International Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Singapore Airlines], Athens International Airport,
Barcelona International Airport, Copenhagen Airport, Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Singapore Changi Airport||Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Thai Airways International||
Athens International Airport, Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport,
Munich International Airport, Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Zurich International Airport||Suvarnabhumi Airport||
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|rowspan=2|
Vietnam Airlines], Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Tan Son Nhat International Airport||
Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Frankfurt International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Noi Bai International Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Virgin Atlantic Airways||
London Heathrow Airport||Hong Kong International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|}
Routes by stopover
{|class="wikitable"|-!Airline||European Departure Point(s)||Stopover||Australasian Departure Point(s)|-|
Etihad Airways],
Frankfurt International Airport,
Cointrin International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport, Munich International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Abu Dhabi International Airport||Brisbane Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
British Airways]||rowspan=3|Suvarnabhumi Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas]||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Thai Airways International||Athens International Airport, Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport, Munich International Airport, Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport,
Zurich International Airport||
Auckland International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air China] ,
Berlin-Tegel International Airport (begins March 2008),
Dusseldorf International Airport (begins October 2009),Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Madrid Barajas International Airport Route Continues to Sao Paulo, Malpensa International Airport (begins October 2009),
Manchester Airport (Begins March 2009),
Sheremetyevo International Airport, Munich International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Pulkovo Airport, Vienna International Airport (Begins October 2009),
Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (Begins October 2008),
Zurich Airport(begins March 2009) ||Beijing Capital International Airport||
Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Royal Brunei Airlines], London Heathrow Airport||Brunei International Airport||Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Darwin International Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Emirates], Birmingham International Airport (England), Düsseldorf International Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport,
Glasgow International Airport, Hamburg Airport,
Ataturk International Airport,
Larnaca International Airport,
London Gatwick Airport,
London Heathrow Airport,
Luqa Airport,
Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport,
Munich International Airport, Newcastle Airport,
Côte d'Azur International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Marco Polo International Airport,
Vienna International Airport, Zurich International Airport||
Dubai International Airport||Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Southern Airlines],
Sheremetyevo International Airport, (Begins October 2008), Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport||Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Vietnam Airlines], Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Noi Bai International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Vietnam Airlines],
Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||
Tan Son Nhat International Airport||Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air New Zealand]||rowspan=4|Hong Kong International Airport||Auckland International Airport|-|
Cathay Pacific],
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Cairns International Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas], Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Virgin Atlantic Airways||
London Heathrow Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Malaysia Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Zurich International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||Kuala Lumpur International Airport||Adelaide International Airport,
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport, Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Asiana Airlines], London Heathrow Airport||rowspan=2|Incheon International Airport||Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Korean Air], Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Domodedovo International Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Ruzyně International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Pulkovo Airport, Zurich International Airport, Barajas International Airport,
Ataturk International Airport, Vienna International Airport||
Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport October 22, 2007,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Air China], Malpensa International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport||rowspan=2|Shanghai Pudong International Airport||
Melbourne Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Eastern Airlines],
London Heathrow Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport,
Charles de Gaulle International Airport||Brisbane Airport November 2007,
Melbourne Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
British Airways]||rowspan=3|Singapore Changi Airport||
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Qantas], London Heathrow Airport||Adelaide International Airport,
Brisbane Airport, Cairns International Airport,
Darwin International Airport, Melbourne Airport,
Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
Singapore Airlines], Athens International Airport,
Barcelona International Airport,
Copenhagen Airport,
Frankfurt International Airport,
London Heathrow Airport, Manchester Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Domodedovo International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Zurich International Airport||
Adelaide International Airport, Auckland International Airport, Brisbane Airport,
Christchurch International Airport,
Melbourne Airport, Perth Airport,
Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
China Airlines], Frankfurt International Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Vienna International Airport||rowspan=2|Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport||Brisbane Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|-|
EVA Air],
London Heathrow Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport,
Vienna International Airport||
Brisbane Airport|-|
Japan Airlines],
Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport,
Malpensa International Airport,
Sheremetyevo International Airport,
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport,
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport,
Zurich International Airport||
Narita International Airport||Brisbane Airport, Kingsford Smith International Airport|}
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