Qantas eyes 2024 for non-stop flights from Sydney to London, New York
Qantas says it's on track to begin the world's longest non-stop flights – 18-20 hour marathon treks from Sydney to London, Paris and New York – as early as 2024.
The airline is prepared to finalise its order for an initial fleet of up to 12 ultra-long range Airbus A350-1000 jets in early 2022, two years after the ambitious 'Project Sunrise' program was put on hold in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
The inaugural flights of Project Sunrise – named the double sunrises which by passengers and crew would experience on these epic journeys – were originally slated for 2023.
"We'll be picking up where we left off with our direct flights to London and New York as part of Project Sunrise, which we hope will start operating in 2024/25," Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce confirmed this week.
"We were very close to ordering the aircraft just before Covid, so it's great the company is now looking to its future in the decades ahead."
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