The refresh is part of the airline’s extensive fleet renewal, which is already taking place. The new investment will include cabin improvements for 42 of Qantas’ Boeing 737 aircraft.

She said many of the existing 75 Boeing 737 aircraft were “really young still” and Qantas’ strategy was to take its planes to the end of their useful life. The new Qantas A321XLR in the ...

The national carrier’s CEO has promised ‘once we get this fleet to scale it’s going to create so many more options domestic and international’.