New MEL-NRT Capacity in December~March (QF49)

[encryptededdy]

Seems QF has added an additional Japan flight MEL-NRT for the holiday season, first flight 02/12/26, last flight 26/03/27 (end of IATA Winter I guess) on an A332.

Outbound is QF49 2330-0750 (Su, M, W, F), return is QF50 0920-2145 (M, Tu, Th, St).

Lots of I and Q space on these flights, WPs may be able to get some reward seats released (I was looking for releases on this route last week, but gave up and booked a cash flight 3 days ago - you can thank me for Qantas dropping this now )

As far as I can see there's no existing classic awards in Dec/Jan on these flights.

 

[Saab34]

I assume this is the BNE-SIN capacity being moved.

 

[Dmac59]

I like the idea of daytime flights both ways
QF79 over and QF50 home

 

[elanshin]

I assume this is the BNE-SIN capacity being moved.

More likely SYD-HND shuffling one 330 to MEL-NRT now that the AY bird is taking over one of the pairs.

Just put the 380 on the route so theres more reason to fly from MEL

 

[Mattg]

From 2 December 2026, Qantas will add another MEL-NRT service. QF49 will operate MEL-NRT overnight, while QF50 does NRT-MEL during daylight hours. Operating 4x weekly using an A330-200.

This will operate in addition to the daily QF79/80 service which operates during the day to Narita and back overnight.

Qantas Expands Melbourne – Tokyo Flights in NW26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0000PDT / 0700GMT 30JUN26 Qantas during Northern winter 2026/27 season plans to expand Melbourne – Tokyo Narita flights, where it plans to operate 11 weekly flights from 02DEC26, instead of 7 weekly. This route is operated by a mix of A330-200/-300 aircraft. QF079 MEL0925 – 1740NRT

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[markis10]

Already discussed New MEL-NRT Capacity in December~March (QF49)

 

[aaa99]

Is this where the aircraft from QF97 (BNE-MNL) is going after that route gets down gauged to A321XLR?