Qantas announces plans to start non-stop 20 hour flights from Sydney to London

Qantas says the brand new route will probably be made doable by a brand new technology of plane (Image: Getty/Reuters)

Individuals will quickly be capable of take a continuous flight from London to Sydney after Qantas introduced plans to launch the world’s longest business flight.

The Australian airline stated conquering ‘the ultimate frontier of long-haul journey’ will probably be made doable by a fleet of 12 new Airbus A350-1000s, which might do greater than 10,000 miles with no need to refuel.

The primary Sydney-London flights, taking roughly 20-hours, will depart in late 2025.

Qantas says it's also seeking to arrange a Sydney to New York route and hopes the brand new plane will allow direct flights from Australia to any metropolis on the planet.

The brand new technology of long-haul jets will carry as much as 238 passengers throughout 4 lessons however greater than 40% of the cabin will probably be devoted to ‘premium seating’.

To permit travellers to stretch their legs in the course of the mammoth journey the brand new jets will function fewer seats than different planes in service.

Every plane can have a ‘wellbeing zone’ full with a snack station and digital shows, to encourage passengers to maneuver about.

Whereas these travelling in first-class can have their very own suite, full with a privateness door, separate mattress and lounge chair, a person wardrobe and a 32″ TV.

The route will begin working in late 2025 (Image: Reuters)

Qantas says the planes can have 25% much less CO2 emissions per seat and fewer noise, than earlier plane.

It additionally claims the long-distance challenge, which it calls ‘Undertaking Dawn’, will probably be carbon impartial.

Alan Joyce, Qantas Group CEO stated: ‘For greater than 100 years, Qantas has been on the forefront of reworking the best way the world travels, notably by way of direct flights.

‘Now, the A350 and Undertaking Dawn will make virtually any metropolis on the planet only one flight away from Australia.

‘It’s the final frontier and the ultimate repair for the tyranny of distance that has historically challenged journey to Australia.’

Qantas launched direct flights from London-Perth, taking 17-hours, in 2017 utilizing Boeing Dreamliner jets.

It carried out three Undertaking Dawn flights from New York and London to Sydney, in 2019 throughout which medics and scientists monitored the impact of such an extended journey on passengers.

The longest continuous flight on the planet is at the moment a New York JFK to Singapore route, operated by Singapore Airways, which takes 18 hours and 50 minutes.

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