Qantas strikes step nearer to world’s longest business flight

The world’s longest business flight has moved a step nearer to actuality after Qantas purchased 12 Airbus jets that may journey from London or New York to Sydney in a single journey.

Bosses on the airline struck the deal as a part of a long-running effort to launch a 20-hour journey between the 2 cities that they’ve dubbed Challenge Dawn.

It intends so as to add an additional gasoline tank to the 12 Airbus A350-1000 long-haul jets with the intention to begin working the flights from 2025.

The event brings the airline’s long-held ambition for the 11,000 mile route near the end line after it started engaged on the proposals in 2017.

Qantas already provides 17-hour direct flights from London to Perth in Western Australia.

However direct flights from London and New York to Sydney, Australia’s greatest metropolis and business capital, have at all times beforehand required a stop-over for refuelling and have usually taken 24 hours.

Seating on the jets will likely be organized into 4 lessons – first, enterprise, economic system and premium economic system – and costs have but to be launched. 

Seats could have extra room than regular and every jet could have an area within the center for stretching and snacks to assist ease the discomfort of just about a full day on board.

Qantas has thrown down the gauntlet to Center East-based carriers who cheaply ferry passengers from Europe to Australia and New Zealand with a stopover in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha. 

It should persuade passengers that the 4 hours saved is extra enticing than the possibility to maneuver about in an airport terminal.

Longer routes have been tried, with Boeing taking its 777-200LR mannequin from Hong Kong to London by way of a 13,400-mile route, however this solely had a restricted variety of passengers and crew onboard.

The Airbus buy ends hypothesis that Qantas might have opted for a Boeing-made rival jet for the route. 

In 2019, it flew a Boeing Dreamliner in a take a look at flight between London and Sydney, making the flight in simply over 19 hours with 52 individuals. 

Russia’s struggle with Ukraine has created challenges for airways looking for to keep away from Russian airspace. 

Cathay Pacific is planning to reroute its New York to Hong Kong service, including virtually 2,000 miles and making it a ten,357-mile, 17-hour marathon, and the present report holder for longest flight.