Flight time for the 787-9 Dreamliner is 17 hours and will become Qantas’s longest flight. The 14,498-kilometre journey will pip the airline’s previous longest flight – 13,804 kilometres from Sydney to Dallas.
Qantas is enjoying the build-up to the launch of non-stop Australia-London flights from Perth on March 24.
Flight time for the 787-9 Dreamliner is 17 hours and will become Qantas’s longest flight. The 14,498-kilometre journey will pip the airline’s previous longest flight – 13,804 kilometres from Sydney to Dallas.
At an Australia Day function in London last Friday, Qantas European general manager Marcus Svensson said, “When Qantas created the Kangaroo Route to London in 1947, it took four days and nine stops. This is a game-changing route flown by a game-changing aircraft.”
He noted that from Australia’s many regional airports with a one-stop London service some will now be routed via Perth. The Qantas connecting hub is being moved from Dubai to Singapore to coincide with the new route start-up.
In other news, London has been confirmed as the destination for Singapore Airlines newest Airbus A380 aircraft, featuring the airline’s recently unveiled new cabin products.
Starting February 16, the aircraft will operate as SQ322 (Singapore – London) on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. From February 17 to April 5, it will operate as SQ305 (London – Singapore).
With effect from April 7, the new aircraft are scheduled to operate as SQ317 (London – Singapore) on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The Hong Kong route has also been chosen for the aircraft.
SIA’s new cabin product is fitted to five new A380s and will be retrofitted on the 14 aircraft that are already in service.