Qantas revealed it that would launch more flights between Sydney-Canberra and Melbourne-Canberra from the month of March 2008.

Allan Williams, Qantas Regional General Manager ACT, said that the carrier would introduce 15 additional return flights a week between Sydney and Canberra. With the addition of new flights, the number of return flights offered by the airline between these two destinations will become 157 per week.

The airline will also launch 11 additional return flights per week between Melbourne and Canberra in the month of March, and 4 extra return flights between these two destinations in the month of June. With the addition of these new flights, the number of return flights offered by the carrier between Melbourne and Canberra become 89 per week.

According to Mr. Williams, the new services from both Melbourne and Sydney would be offered using 140-seat Boeing 737-400 aircraft.

He said, "Qantas has expanded its services to Canberra significantly, including recently adding six extra return services per week between Brisbane and Canberra".

He also revealed that the airline had also made improvements in the timetable of its services between Canberra and Perth.

These additions come shortly after announcement by the airline that it would undertake an improvement programme of $10 million at Canberra Airport to offer enhanced facilities to all of its customers.

Qantas has also announced that it would add 3 flights per week between Melbourne and Hong Kong from April 1, bringing the number of its flights on the Melbourne-Hong Kong route to 10 per week.