By Jamie Freed
By Jamie Freed
SYDNEY, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd QAN.AX accomplished a 19 hour 19 minute continuous check flight from London to Sydney on Friday because it nears a choice on whether or not to order planes for what can be the world’s longest-ever industrial route.
“We noticed a double dawn,” Qantas Chief Government Alan Joyce stated after stepping off the flight, which adopted the same one from New York to Sydney final month.
The occasion included speeches from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Qantas Chairman Richard Goyder.
Qantas has named the venture “Challenge Dawn” after the airline’s double dawn endurance flights throughout World Struggle Two, which remained airborne lengthy sufficient to see two sunrises.
The aircraft on the London-Sydney analysis flight, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, carried 50 passengers and had gas remaining for roughly one other 1 hour 45 minutes of flight time when it landed.
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