-
QANTAS REPATRIATION FLIGHT LANDS IN HISTORY BOOKS
A record breaking repatriation flight has flown 15,020 kilometres from Buenos Aires to Darwin and touched down after 17 hours and 25 minutes in the air. Since March 2020 the airline has operated hundreds of charter and repatriation flights of behalf of the Australian Government to bring Australians home during the COVID19 pandemic, flying to […]
-
QANTAS AND JETSTAR PREPARE TO RESUME INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM LATE OCTOBER
Flights to most international destinations to now resume late October 2021 Trans-Tasman flying to ramp up from July 2021 New flexibility for international bookings, with unlimited flight date changes Qantas and Jetstar are now planning to restart regular international passenger flights to most destinations from 31 October 2021 – a four month extension from the […]
-
QANTAS CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS TAKE OFF AS DIRECT LONDON-SYDNEY RESEARCH FLIGHT LANDS
Project Sunrise research flight direct from London to Sydney lands after 19 hours and 19 minutes Qantas announces Centenary program to celebrate 100 years of the flying kangaroo Royal Australian Mint unveils commemorative $1 centenary coin Qantas exhibition to visit a number of cities across Australia Qantas has kicked off 12 months of centenary celebrations as […]
-
QANTAS TO OPERATE NON-STOP LONDON TO SYDNEY RESEARCH FLIGHT
2nd of 3 Project Sunrise research flights to reduce jetlag and design optimum crew rest and work pattern Builds on learnings from New York-Sydney service last month ‘Supper at breakfast time’ among changes to on-board service to help passengers adjust to new timezone Almost 100 years to the day that the first London to Australia […]
-
RECORD-BREAKING DIRECT NEW YORK TO SYDNEY FLIGHT TOUCHES DOWN
The first non-stop commercial airline flight from New York to Sydney has landed after 19 hours 16 minutes in the air. A total of 49 passengers and crew were on the flight, which was used to run a series of experiments to assess health and well-being onboard. Data from these experiments will be used help […]