{"id":121905,"date":"2025-11-06T23:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/121905\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T23:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:19:13","slug":"qantas-releases-first-images-of-22-hour-ultra-long-haul-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/121905\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas releases first images of 22-hour ultra long-haul plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Qantas has dubbed the operation \u201cProject Sunrise\u201d in a nod to the airline\u2019s historic \u201cDouble Sunrise\u201d endurance flights during World War II, which remained airborne long enough to see two sunrises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Qantas Group chief executive officer Vanessa Hudson said the progress brings Project Sunrise one step closer to reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cGiven Australia\u2019s position in the world, Qantas has a long history of breaking aviation barriers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cProject Sunrise will fundamentally change the way our customers travel the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Hudson said the flights would cut up to four hours off the journey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThese flights will transform how people experience ultra long-haul travel, through science-backed design to minimise jetlag and maximise wellbeing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Airbus has completed major production milestones on the A350-1000ULR aircraft. Photo \/ Qantas\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Airbus has completed major production milestones on the A350-1000ULR aircraft. Photo \/ Qantas<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">The cabins will drop to a 238-seat configuration, compared with the 300-plus seats layout used by other A350-1000 operators, allowing passengers more space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">A purpose-built Wellbeing Zone will be located between the Premium Economy and Economy cabins featuring integrated stretch handles, guided on-screen exercise programmes, a hydration station and a range of refreshments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">Qantas said the cabins were developed from the ground up in collaboration with aviation specialists, Australian industrial designer David Caon and a team of experts from the University of Sydney\u2019s Charles Perkins Centre \u2013 which includes sleep scientists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ZzQnbEvs\" style=\"display:none\">The first of 12 new aircraft is scheduled for delivery in late 2026, with the first commercial Project Sunrise services commencing in the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Listen and subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1049-today-in-business-287718209\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Today in Business<\/a> podcast \u2013 the top headlines from the NZ Herald business team summarised and delivered by an AI voice as an easily digestible recap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qantas has dubbed the operation \u201cProject Sunrise\u201d in a nod to the airline\u2019s historic \u201cDouble Sunrise\u201d endurance flights&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[85517,85,3246,138,10001,34219,1888,6562,5606,2203,4479,1619,85519,85518,33031,111,139,85520,69,1118,15026,4372,699,21694,64520,102,17450,2173],"class_list":["post-121905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-22hour","tag-australia","tag-both","tag-business","tag-closer","tag-connecting","tag-first","tag-flights","tag-images","tag-journey","tag-launching","tag-london","tag-longest","tag-longhaul","tag-marathon","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nonstop","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-plane","tag-qantas","tag-releases","tag-step","tag-ultra","tag-with","tag-worlds","tag-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}