Qantas launches direct flights from Brisbane to Chicago and San Francisco in major tourism boost for Queensland The Australian airline will announce direct flights from Brisbane to San Francisco Brisbane is also set to be the first in Australia to have a direct route to Chicago Seats are set to go on sale in the next few weeks and will depart in early 2020
By Paula Ahillon For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 22:22 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 22:23 BST, 16 June 2019
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Qantas will announce two new non-stop flight routes from Brisbane to San Francisco and Chicago in a major tourism boost for Queensland.
Tickets for the new routes are expected to go on sale within the next few weeks with the first set of flights departing early in 2020.
The new routes will be flown by Qantas' Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, the airline confirmed on Monday.
America is already one of Queensland's top target market but there are expected to be more than 360,000
