Australians fleeing the unrest in Cairo who manage to get on the special evacuation government-chartered Qantas flights to Frankfurt are being offered free onward flights to Australia.
The free flights to Australia will leave from either Frankfurt or London on Qantas.
Staff from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be on the relief flights to organise the details of people wishing to get home on the free flights.
While Qantas says they have sufficient seats available for passengers who arrive at Frankfurt for their sector to Australia, there may be additional capacity on flights leaving London.
Qantas spokesman Thomas Woodward said some passengers may chose to go to London for the flight home as there may be earlier flight availability, while there may be a wait for seats on flights out of Frankfurt.
If passengers chose to travel from Frankfurt to London, they must do so under their own arrangements, the airline said.
In order to qualify for the free flight home, Qantas says:
"■ Passengers must have travelled on the Australian Government's evacuation charter flights from Cairo to Frankfurt;
"■ All flights are subject to availability although at this stage there is sufficient capacity to take passengers from either Frankfurt or London; and
"■ Passengers travelling to Australia from London will be required to make their own arrangements for transfer from Frankfurt to London."
The first Qantas relief flight chartered by the Australian Government will be on QF6020 which is due to leave Cairo at 4pm today local Egyptian time (1am Thursday ADST).
The flight code and schedule for the second relief flight from Cairo has not yet been settled — negotiations with Egyptian air authorities are continuing — but is likely to be 24 hours after the first flight, Mr Woodward said.
The federal government has chartered a Qantas 412-seat Boeing 747 but there are at least 1200 Australians registered with Australian embassy in Cairo.
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