Qantas Launching Perth To Paris Route In 2024

By: Ben Schlappig

Updated: October 29, 2023
Published: October 29, 2023

32 comments

Qantas has just announced the details of its newest ultra long haul route, and it’s an exciting one…

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Qantas launching Boeing 787 flights to Paris

As of July 12, 2024, Qantas will introduce a new 3-4x weekly year-round flight between Australia and France, just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The new service will operate from Sydney (SYD) to Perth (PER) to Paris (CDG), so passengers can start their journey in any of those cities. The flight will operate the following schedule:

QF33 Sydney to Perth departing 1:55PM arriving 5:00PM
QF33 Perth to Paris departing 7:35PM arriving 6:55AM (+1 day)
QF34 Paris to Perth departing 9:55AM arriving 8:30AM (+1 day)
QF34 Perth to Sydney departing 10:00AM arriving 4:05PM

The flight between Perth and Paris will cover a distance of 8,863 miles, and is blocked at 17hr20min westbound and 16hr35min eastbound. Then the flight between Sydney and Perth will cover a distance of 2,040 miles, and is blocked at 5hr5min westbound and 4hr5min eastbound.

Qantas will use a Boeing 787-9 for the route, featuring 236 seats, including 42 business class seats, 28 premium economy seats, and 166 economy seats. This is a very low density configuration, though despite that, none of Qantas’ cabins are particularly remarkable.

Qantas will be launching flights from Perth to Paris

How France service fits into Qantas’ network

This new route will be the first time in nearly two decades where the airline offers service to Paris, and it cuts the current fastest travel time from Perth to Paris by around three hours. Admittedly the time savings are really only there for those originating in Western Australia, because if you’re coming from Melbourne or Sydney, there are lots of other one-stop routings to Paris via the Middle East, with similar travel time.

For context on Qantas’ service to Europe, the airline currently flies:

Year-round from Melbourne to Perth to London using Boeing 787s
Year-round from Sydney to Singapore to London using Airbus A380s
Seasonally from Sydney to Perth to Rome using Boeing 787s

So Paris will be Qantas’ third destination in Europe, and the carrier’s second year-round destination in Europe. Qantas has been considering resuming Paris flights for years now, so it’s nice to see this become a reality.

Where does this rank on the list of the world’s longest flights? It will be the world’s sixth longest flight route, and Qantas’ second longest route, as it’s marginally shorter than the existing Perth to London service.

This route will be Qantas’ second longest flight

Bottom line

Qantas will be launching year-round flights between Perth and Paris, just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The airline will operate these flights 3-4x weekly using Boeing 787s, and this will be Qantas’ third destination in Europe, and second longest route.

We’ve know that these flights have been on Qantas’ radar for quite some time, so it’s cool to see this become a reality (even if Qantas’ product is totally mediocre, and the airline releases such little award space).

What do you make of Qantas adding Paris flights?

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TravelinWilly Diamond

October 29, 2023, 10:35 pm

Btw, Qantas doesn’t sell you a ticket for a flight, it sell you the *notion* of a flight. It sells you a bundle of rights, according to Qantas. “The ‘service’ Qantas relevantly offers is a bundle of contractual rights, which are consistent with Qantas’ promise to do its best to get consumers where they want to be on time.” https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/qantas-says-it-didn-t-make-money-selling-cancelled-flights-20231030-p5efzu

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JK Guest

October 29, 2023, 9:20 pm

Qantas is quite a good airline but it has been through some very tough times recently (many self-inflicted) and if anything I would say the biggest issue isn't the business seat or lack of great pitch in premium economy etc, it is the poor staff morale. They have not be treated well, the PR damage to the airline by the CEO and the board is shocking and how Qantas management have treated the flying public has also been very disappointing. The staff are the face of the airline and they are hurt and it shows. The F lounges are fantastic, most business lounges are very good as well. Catering can definitely be improved onboard, and WiFi will be added once Viasat launches the APAC satellite or maybe sooner if they explore Starlink. It's a solid airline but has some repair work to do, which Boston Consulting Group is currently engaged in assessing and proposing solutions to. One Project Sunrise is up and running I truly hope these very turbulent times are a distant memory for the airline, or else SQ, Qatar and Emirates will be getting even more love from those flying overseas.

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TravelinWilly Diamond

October 29, 2023, 5:54 pm

One is still stuck with Qantas “service.” Flew QF1 FC last month SYD-SIN and was wholly underwhelmed. I’ll continue to connect to AF via SIN for my MEL/SYD-CDG trips, thank you.

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Jules Guest

October 29, 2023, 5:32 pm

Why are you so inconsistent when it comes to Qantas? From the review of their 787 business class: "While there are a lot of airlines with staggered seats, Qantas’ seat has quite a few advantages, in my opinion: Qantas makes these seats feel incredibly private thanks to the privacy shield they install The seats generally feel more spacious than some other staggered products out there Qantas chose incredibly sleek finishes; parts of the cabin almost feel like you’re in a luxury car, rather than an airplane" "So yeah, overall this is an excellent hard product. Is it my favorite business class seat in the world? No, it’s not quite to the level of Qsuites or Apex Suites, but it’s up there. And it really is a gorgeous cabin". That doesn't sound "totally mediocre" to me. Your only real complaint was that they don't serve enough food (which is at odds with the various references to being 'stuffed' in other reviews). Your recent review of Qantas A380 First Class was also quite positive. When you actually fly Qantas you're quite complementary. Why are you so determined to run them down otherwise?

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Crosscourt Guest

October 29, 2023, 5:20 pm

Not sure what people want, geez. The QF 787 has least density so where is the praise for that, which airline has lounges in a 787, the same or similar seat is used on other airlines but not criticised , in my view good there's no wifi, there is not likely the traffic to put an A380 on the run but everyone outside the airline knows better. It's fashionable to knock qantas.

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