Australian airline Qantas began non-stop flights between London,UK and Perth Australia today.The flight will cover a distance of 14,498 kms (or 9,000-miles) in 17 hours. The below neat chart from Bloomberg shows some of the world’s top existing and proposed long-haul flights:
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Source: Qantas Passes Aviation Milestone With Direct Perth-London Flight, Bloomberg
Sitting for 17 hours in a plane sounds fun….
You may also read: The evolution of UK-Australia travel into a single flight, The BBC
