Qantas have completed their first London to Sydney non-stop flight. On Friday 8th November flight QF7879 carrying 50 passengers landed in Sydney after a 19 hour 19 minute journey.
The research flight, which follows a non-stop New York to Sydney flight in October, is aimed at improving crew and passenger wellbeing on ultra long-haul services.
The direct flight reduced total travel time by around three hours compared with current one-stop services. It flew across 11 countries and had fuel for about 1 hour 45 minutes of flight time when it landed.
Qantas is looking at aircraft selection for a possible 2023 launch of scheduled service between the east coast of Australia and London and New York. View the video below:
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This year's International Civil Aviation Day on 7th December celebrated the 75th anniversary of ICAO.
75 years after ICAO’s foundation, the International Civil Aviation network carries over four billion passengers annually. The global Air Transport sector supports 65.5 million jobs and USD 2.7 trillion in global economic activity, with over 10 million women and men working within the industry to ensure 120,000 flights and 12 million passengers a day are carried safely to their destinations. The wider supply chain, flow-on impacts and jobs in tourism that are made possible by air transport show that at least 65.5 million jobs and 3.6 per cent of global economic activity are supported by the aviation industry according to research by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG).
The theme was selected to help draw attention to the fact that safe, secure and rapid connectivity is the core capability of aviation’s worldwide network, and the key-value offering from which all other international aviation benefits derive – whether commercial, cultural or personal.
