Qantas to launch world's longest non-stop passenger flight

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: May 04 2022

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Qantas announced on Monday it will launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight, with passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air traveling from Sydney to London by the end of 2025.
After five years of planning, the airline said it was ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to operate the "Project Sunrise" flights to cities including London and New York
trial New York-Sydney flight in the year 2019 covered 16,200 kilometres (10,200 miles) and took a little over 19 hours.

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Qantas to launch world's longest non-stop passenger flight