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United Airlines has so far increased the number of seats on its flights between the US and Australia by 43 per cent as part of its broader push into the region since the pandemic. Qantas has 43 services a week to the US, but United will soon overtake it in carrying the most direct flights from Australia's east coast to the US, with a seventh daily service coming next month

Other US behemoths Delta and American Airlines have also overtaken their 2019 seat capacity out of the Australia. Despite this, flights from Australia to North America remain down by almost 30 per cent.

Carriers that fly to Europe still lag their Asian and American counterparts in increasing the number of flights from Australia.

Despite near-insatiable demand for flights to London, the number of seats on British Airways flights from Australia is almost 30 per cent lower than the same period in 2019.

Australia's bilateral air service agreement with the United Arab Emirates stipulates that Emirates and Etihad may collectively operate 168 weekly services to Australia's four biggest airports. They are only operating 70, which is less than half their total allotment.

Etihad is carrying 60 per cent less passengers to the UAE from Australia than before 2019, while Emirates is hovering around 15 per cent less. It should be noted that even though Emirates has significantly fewer seats than before COVID-19, it's still the second-biggest airline that flies out of Australia behind Qantas.

Qatar Airways is approved to fly 28 times a week to Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne under a bilateral air services agreement between Qatar and Australia. The carrier is operating to their full limit, with services 97 per cent full.

Singapore Airlines and Qantas also fly between Australia and Europe through Singapore, with Qantas also operating direct services to London from Perth.

Is more seat capacity coming?

From the end of next month, flight frequency to destinations including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Los Angeles and San Francisco will rapidly increase. This will mean lower fares for those wanting to travel to the US and Asia.

United's regional manager Timothy Wallis told a Centre for Aviation conference on Thursday, the carrier will soon grow to 72 services per week between the US and Australia and New Zealand.

Increased capacity is also coming on the most popular routes to Europe.

Cathay Pacific's Frosti Lau said on Thursday that Australia and New Zealand were the airline's "fastest rebounding markets" since it recommenced international flying last year. Cathay expects to be above 60 weekly flights by the end of 2023 despite its ongoing supply chain issues.

Emirates revealed this week it would soon exclusively fly Airbus A380s into Sydney, instead of a mix of A380s and Boeing 777s. Each A380 return flight will add more than 260 daily seats on the Dubai route. The airline group is also considering a daily A350 service to Adelaide from the middle of next year.

Singapore Airlines has also committed to significantly increasing their services between Australia and Europe in the first half of next year.

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