Qantas promises non-stop flights from London to Sydney
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The long haul Sydney-London flight will take roughly 20 hours, making it one of the world’s longest. Qantas already provides a direct 17-hour flight between London and Perth.
The airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce called it “the last frontier and the final fix for the tyranny of distance”.
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Hide Ad“The A350 and Project Sunrise will make any city just one flight away from Australia,” he said.
Mr Joyce added that the new aircrafts would “reduce emissions by at least 15% if running on fossil fuels, and significantly better when run on sustainable aviation fuel”.
“This order brings us closer to our commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.”
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