Continues to break speed records:
Qantas smashes speed record on Perth to London flight
Qantas has just smashed its own speed record for the new Perth to London Boeing 787-9 non-stop flight slashing almost an hour off the scheduled flight time.
And for the first time the outbound flight to London (QF9), against the prevailing winds, was 6 minutes faster than the return trip (QF10).
The new record time was set on May 29 and was just 16 hours 29 minutes instead of the scheduled 17 hours 20 minutes.
In fact, it is understood that the flight crew of QF9 was cautioned on arriving too early. The 787-9 touched down at 4.36am…six minutes after Heathrow’s curfew lifted.
Last month the outbound flight, QF10 from London to Perth set a record of 15 hours and 45 minutes, stripping an hour off the published time.
https://thewest.com.au/news/qantas/q...-ng-b88852471z