Qantas, London to Perth non-stop.
Discussion
belleair302 said:
How much fuel, food and 'crap' will it be carrying. What about crew changes and the interior of the plane afterwards....nasty.
Fuel, lotsFood, one additional meal per passenger over a 12hr flight I guess
Crew, lots
Qantas are already experienced in these ultra long haul flights they do a Sydney-Dallas that can't be much shorter. The middle eastern airlines all have 14+HR flights too so it's not that revolutionary. I believe Singapore used to have an 18hr flight direct to New York but it got cancelled.
In business/first it would be fine. Have a few drinks, watch a film have dinner and then get 8hrs kip. Wake up have a stretch, more food and a couple more films and you're there.
belleair302 said:
How much fuel, food and 'crap' will it be carrying. What about crew changes and the interior of the plane afterwards....nasty.
I think theyve got it all covered.Flew sydney-LA once which was 15 hours in one hop. Was as crappy as long haul is. Think the latest long range jets could fly anywhere in the world in theory. Personally would rather get there without a silly stop adding 2+ hours
Interests us here as mrs hairy is canberra native so potential one stop journey there.
djc206 said:
I believe Singapore used to have an 18hr flight direct to New York but it got cancelled.
They did indeed. It ran between Newark, New Jersey and Singapore, and was a regular service between 2004 and 2013. I took the flight a few times and it was a marathon at about 18 hours. Distance flown depended on weather / wind patterns, as I recall flying over the North Pole from Newark to Singapore, and over the UK and Europe. When I took the flights it was an all business class flight. I think the distance covered varied between 15,500 and 16,500 Kms, a bit longer than the Qantas London / Perth route just announced. AMArchie said:
djc206 said:
I believe Singapore used to have an 18hr flight direct to New York but it got cancelled.
They did indeed. It ran between Newark, New Jersey and Singapore, and was a regular service between 2004 and 2013. I took the flight a few times and it was a marathon at about 18 hours. Distance flown depended on weather / wind patterns, as I recall flying over the North Pole from Newark to Singapore, and over the UK and Europe. When I took the flights it was an all business class flight. I think the distance covered varied between 15,500 and 16,500 Kms, a bit longer than the Qantas London / Perth route just announced. 
dvs_dave said:
Singapore Airlines SQ21/22. Longest scheduled commercial flight ever, and an all business class A340-500. Another unique feature was the installation of onboard corpse lockers due to the remoteness of the flight route.
One would hope the "corpse lockers" were suitably sealed and possibly refrigerated...
dvs_dave said:
Singapore Airlines SQ21/22. Longest scheduled commercial flight ever, and an all business class A340-500. Another unique feature was the installation of onboard corpse lockers due to the remoteness of the flight route.
Inference being that if the flight had been over less remote territory they'd have pushed them out...LotusOmega375D said:
Apart from its residents, who actually wants to go to Perth though? It's about as close to the major East coast population centres as Ankara is to London. Unless Perth is your final destination in Australia, you may as well just break the journey somewhere nearer the middle.
For most people flying europe to anywhere not served directly (ie syd/mel) they can connect direct and it'll cut out a stop, as most flights pass over perth anywayIe london-perth-canberra, instead of london-halfway hub-sydney-canberra
LotusOmega375D said:
Apart from its residents, who actually wants to go to Perth though? It's about as close to the major East coast population centres as Ankara is to London. Unless Perth is your final destination in Australia, you may as well just break the journey somewhere nearer the middle.
I would I've been to Dubai a lot so stopping off there doesn't appeal so it would be nice to break up the journey in Perth. Spend a couple of days in the vineyards around there and then take a short flight over to the east coast. One long plus one short haul flight vs two long haul flights is a benefit. There's also a lot of mining and oil in that area so it'll be a good business route I should imagine.Seems there are a few like this out there. Amazing now they can do these non stop.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35710969
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35710969
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