Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Qantas promises direct flights from Sydney to London and New York
If you leave London at 09:25 and fly for 13 hours, you’ll arrive at Singapore Changi Airport at 05:30 the next day. After an hour and 45 minutes layover, you’ll leave there at 07:15 and fly for another seven hours and forty minutes, you’ll get to Sydney Airport at 16:55. The total flight time is 22 hours 30 minutes including the 1:45 layover. Now, if you had a choice to go to Sydney from London, which would you prefer, the aforementioned one-stop flight, or a 20-hour-non-stop flight? The latter option will become available in a few years as Qantas Airways, Austria’s flag carrier has signed a deal to purchase a fleet of the A350-1000, Airbus’s super long-range aircraft, to be delivered from 2025. The airline is also planning to start a non-stop service to New York. While there are a number of options as to where and how long to layover, from a few hours to a day or two, once you get on a 20-hour non-stop flight, you’ll be attached to the seat and sandwiched by fellow passengers during the long journey. As for the ticket price, non-stop is always much more expensive than lay-over flights. Again, which would you prefer?
Enjoy reading the article and think about a travel plan sitting on a set for 20 hours.
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