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Direct Qantas flight from London to Sydney leaves Heathrow on 19-hour voyage to other side of the world

by The Culture Newspaper November 15, 2019
by The Culture Newspaper November 15, 2019

A 19-hour direct flight from London to Sydney has taken off from Heathrow.

Qantas is trialling the new flight today, with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner leaving London at about 6am with 40 people including crew on board.

It comes after the Australian airline set the record for the longest ever commercial flight last month when it flew from New York to Sydney.

That journey took 19 hours and 16 minutes, and today’s flight will likely take a similar amount of time.

We've taken off. This is the voice of Capt Helen Trenerry. Listen to her PA. @flightradar24 #QF7879 #QFnonstop pic.twitter.com/Pxf5h9gaxC

— Qantas (@Qantas) November 14, 2019

The flight was scheduled to arrive into Sydney around lunch time on Friday local time, a Qantas spokesman said.

A Dreamliner can usually carry between 230 and 300 people depending on its interior set-up.

Currently it is impossible to fly a plane at full capacity of both passengers and cargo from cities on the east coast of Australia to London without stopping to refuel.

It is possible to fly non-stop from London to the city of Perth in Western Australia as it is 1,600 miles closer.

Despite vowing to slash carbon emissions and reach net zero by 2050, the Australian airline is testing the viability of the London to Sydney route as a regular commercial flight.

The airline said all carbon emissions from Thursday’s take-off will be fully offset.

Those on board were expected to be mostly Qantas employees fitted with monitors to track their sleep patterns, food and drink intake, lighting, physical movement and in-flight entertainment.

The data will be assessed by researchers from the Charles Perkins Centre – a medical institute at the University of Sydney – to assess the impact of the flight on their health, wellbeing and body clock.

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A team from Melbourne’s Monash University are working with pilots and crew to monitor melatonin levels before, during and after the flight. Melatonin is the hormone that regulates sleep cycles.

A msg from the flight deck of #QF7879: From the crew onboard, we're honoured to be operating this historic service. #QFnonstop pic.twitter.com/sK9fWChR03

— Qantas (@Qantas) November 14, 2019

Pilots are wearing a device that tracks brain wave patterns and monitors alertness, Qantas said, to gather data on the best work and rest patterns for long-haul services.

The airline said the data on crew wellbeing and alertness will be shared with the Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority to inform future regulations for ultra-long haul flights.

Qantas is also gathering general feedback from passengers on food choices, stretching and wellbeing zones and in-flight entertainment.

The airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce said previously: “Ultra-long haul flying presents a lot of common sense questions about the comfort and wellbeing of passengers and crew.

“These flights are going to provide invaluable data to help answer them.”

It will be the second aircraft to fly the route non-stop – the first touched down in August 1989.

Qantas flew a Dreamliner non-stop from New York to Sydney last month as part of Project Sunrise, although the route is around 1,000 miles shorter.

It is due to make a final decision on the viability of Project Sunrise as a commercial flight route by the end of the year.

Source: Evening Standard

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