{"id":711543,"date":"2026-06-18T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711543\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:46:14","slug":"qantas-to-launch-worlds-longest-nonstop-commercial-flight-between-sydney-and-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711543\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas to launch world\u2019s longest nonstop commercial flight between Sydney and London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl joins \u2018Varney & Co.\u2019 to discuss how the agency plans to handle a record-breaking Memorial Day travel rush while rolling out new airport screening programs to speed security lines.<\/p>\n

Qantas plans to launch what it says will be the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight<\/a> in October 2027, connecting Sydney and London with a journey expected to last up to 22 hours.<\/p>\n

The Australian<\/a> airline announced Wednesday that nonstop flights between the two cities will begin operating as part of its long-awaited Project Sunrise initiative, which aims to connect Australia’s east coast directly with major global destinations.<\/p>\n

Qantas unveiled the first of its specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France. The aircraft has been modified for ultra-long-haul travel and includes an additional 20,000-liter fuel tank that allows it to travel more than 16,000 kilometers, or nearly 10,000 miles, nonstop.<\/p>\n

The Sydney-London route will become the first nonstop service between Australia’s east coast and the United Kingdom<\/a>. According to Qantas, the flights will reduce travel time by as much as four hours compared with existing one-stop itineraries.<\/p>\n

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Qantas aircraft at Sydney Airport. April 10th, 2026 (Wolter Peeters \/ The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“Since we first flew the Kangaroo Route in 1947, where we stopped seven times on the way to London, every generation of aircraft has taken a stop out of the journey,” Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson said in a statement. “Today, we’re taking out the last one.”<\/p>\n

The launch marks a significant milestone for Project Sunrise, an initiative first announced by Qantas in 2017 to push the limits of commercial long-haul travel.<\/p>\n

Qantas said the A350-1000ULR aircraft were designed specifically for the project and will carry 238 passengers across four cabin classes. The airline plans to take delivery of 12 of the aircraft.<\/p>\n

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A Jetstar Airlines Boeing 787-8 plane and a Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 plane line up with other aircraft on the runway at Sydney International Airport on a windy day in Sydney on June 25, 2025.\u00a0 (DAVID GRAY\/AFP via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The carrier said nonstop Sydney-London flights will go on sale in February 2027 ahead of the service launch later that year.<\/p>\n

The route is expected to surpass Singapore Airlines’ nonstop service between Singapore and New York, currently regarded as one of the world’s longest regularly scheduled commercial flights.<\/p>\n

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Qantas cited recent research showing growing demand for ultra-long-haul travel, with 70% of surveyed Australians indicating they would consider booking a nonstop flight of that length. Among premium travelers, interest rose to 80%, according to the airline.<\/p>\n

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A Qantas Airbus A330 aircraft lands. (Qantas \/ Fox News)<\/p>\n

The company said more than 1.7 million passengers have flown on its existing nonstop long-haul routes since 2018, including services linking Perth with London, Rome and Paris.<\/p>\n

Qantas plans to expand Project Sunrise beyond London. The airline confirmed that Sydney-to-New York will be the next route added to the network, with additional details expected next year.<\/p>\n

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The airline said pilots, cabin crew and maintenance personnel are already undergoing training ahead of the aircraft’s arrival and entry into service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl joins \u2018Varney & Co.\u2019 to discuss how the agency plans to handle a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-711543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}