World's longest flight covers 10,500 miles and takes 22 hours but passengers see two sunrises

The caller service, dubbed Project Sunrise, volition link Sydney with New York and London utilizing a caller fleet of custom-designed Airbus A350-1000 craft that tin instrumentality disconnected with a afloat rider load

Australian hose Qantas is gearing up to motorboat the world's longest non-stop flights successful 2026, linking Sydney with London and New York.

The flights volition span betwixt 19 and 22 hours, allowing passengers to witnesser 2 sunrises during their travel - hence the sanction Project Sunrise. Once launched, this caller work could shave disconnected up to 4 hours compared to the existent one-stop routes. Qantas is reportedly pouring £1.2 cardinal into the project, acquiring 12 custom-designed Airbus A350-1000 planes for these ultra-long-haul flights.

These craft are specially constructed with further substance tanks and cutting-edge technology to negociate the routes. Project Sunrise was initially announced successful 2017 but faced setbacks owed to the pandemic, with Qantas present anticipating to commence the flights successful mid-2026.

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The hose besides forecasts that the caller routes volition boost yearly net by £261 cardinal erstwhile each craft are operational. This caller work is besides fantastic quality for passengers who tin look guardant to a luxurious acquisition connected board.

The Airbus A350-1000 volition boast six enclosed first-class suites, 52 concern suites, 40 premium system seats, and 140 system seats. First-class passengers volition bask flatbeds, reclining armchairs and 32-inch touchscreens, portion system passengers tin expect much roomy seating and precocious amusement systems, reports the Express.

In the first-class suites, passengers volition payment from 50 per cent much suite abstraction than the A380, a level furniture and abstracted reclining armchair, a ample flexible enactment and eating abstraction for 1 oregon 2 radical and a full-length wardrobe.

For system passengers, caput rests volition beryllium six-way adjustable, seats volition person a multi-use seatback table, 2 USB-C outlets each, a 13.3 inch amusement touchscreen with Bluetooth audio connectivity and an other support for idiosyncratic devices, specified arsenic phones and tablets.

The upcoming flights are acceptable to diagnostic a 'Wellbeing Zone,' unfastened to each flyer for a agelong and speedy refreshments, aiming astatine lessening jetlag portion travelling immense distances. It volition beryllium located betwixt the Economy and Premium Economy cabins, and passengers volition beryllium capable to travel specially curated guided movements connected larger monitors, arsenic good arsenic steadfast refreshments.

In the comments of a YouTube video showing what the interior of the caller planes volition look like, 1 idiosyncratic commented: "First, business, premium and the well-being portion are spot on! Surprising to spot system people connected a formation that agelong though… I’m amazed it’s not each premium."

Another added: "All these seats looks amazing, emotion the wireless charger spots, emotion the colour schemes, astonishing interaction with the spot and bed, separate."

Qantas brag Vanessa Hudson has spoken out, expressing that these caller routes volition shrink the spread betwixt Australia and planetary destinations, offering a much straightforward and comfy formation path. The hose is gunning for travellers who favour directness and comfortableness successful their formation choices.