Qantas CEO Alan Joyce believes the pandemic will ultimately increase demand for point-to-point travel. That’s especially important if Qantas moves ahead with its “Project Sunrise” ultra-longhaul flight program. Qantas Affirms Project Sunrise 2024 Target Speaking Eurocontrol’s Aviation StraightTalk Live, Joyce was asked about the future of the program in light of the pandemic and the […]
Qantas Rejects “Project Sunrise” Bids From Both Airbus And Boeing
Nice try, but back to the drawing board…So says Qantas, after rejecting initial bids from both Airbus and Boeing to service its new ultra-longhaul destinations. Back in August, both Airbus and Boeing submitted their “best and final” offers to Qantas. Qantas is looking for an aircraft that can economically service London and New York nonstop […]
Qantas Plans To Fight Jet Lag With Chili And Chocolate
As it prepares to launch new ultra-long-haul flights to London and New York, Qantas commissioned a study to probe which foods aided in the fight against jet lag. The results give us a hint of what the in-flight cuisine may look like. Qantas Identifies Foods That Will Reduce Jet Lag Project Sunrise is the code […]
Qantas Sets The Standard For Economy Class On A350 Order
Buried in the news about a beautiful new first class product and a massive fleet renewal is that Qantas will actually make economy class a much more bearable product onboard its new Airbus A350 “Project Sunrise” fleet. Qantas A350 “Project Sunrise” Will Have Excellent Legroom Even In Economy Class Earlier today Qantas unveiled a new […]
Air New Zealand & Qantas Renew Push For Ultra Long-Haul Service
As the world emerges from pandemic and gears up for an international travel renaissance, both Qantas and Air New Zealand have set their sights on ultra long-haul travel. For Air New Zealand, a new ultra long-haul route may come as early as this year. Exciting Ultra Long-Haul Routes From Air New Zealand & Qantas Qantas […]
What’s The Longest Possible Commercial Flight?
The list of the longest airline routes in operation is hardly a surprise, but what about theoretical routes? What is possible with more technical innovation? The 10 Longest Airline Routes Currently Flying Currently, the 10 longest flights in the world include: Newark – Singapore // 9,534 miles Auckland – Doha // 9,032 miles Perth – […]
While Qantas Teases, Air New Zealand Delivers
Qantas made headlines for its historic nonstop “test” flight from New York to Sydney last Friday, but doesn’t even know if the route is viable. Meanwhile, Air New Zealand has announced that it will serve New York nonstop from Auckland. Starting in October 2020, Air New Zealand will launch nonstop flights between Auckland (AKL) and […]
Qantas Will Operate New York To Sydney Nonstop On Friday
Qantas will attempt to fly nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday, a flight of nearly 20 hours. As Qantas continues to consider nonstop service from Sydney to London and New York, it still has many kinks to work out. Foremost is the question of which aircraft will be used on the new ultra-longhaul […]
Qantas Issues Challenge For Nonstop Sydney – London Flight
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is beaming. His airline’s new London to Perth route is performing splendidly. Since starting the route in March, load factors have exceeded 90%, including a 94% load factor in business class. But that’s just step one. Qantas plans nonstop service between Sydney and London by 2022. The 10,573-mile, 20-hour flight will be […]
The Melodramatic “Guinea Pigs” On 19.5-Hour Qantas Flight…
A small cadre of travel journalists and bloggers was invited to take part on the 19.5-hour nonstop from New York to Sydney on Friday. I’m chuckling at how seriously some of them took it. Angus Whitley of Forbes flew all the way from Sydney to New York via Los Angeles to take the flight. His […]
Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Tokyo To Bangkok
The service in Thai Airways Royal First Class is laudably impressive, even on a short overnight flight. That’s my main takeaway from my 747-400 flight from Tokyo to Bangkok. After spending several hours in the ANA Suite Lounge, I proceeded to the gate about an hour before the flight. Boarding commenced 15 minutes later and […]
Thai Airways First Class: Better Than I Remembered
Hello from Bangkok. I’ve completed the second leg of my trip and was pleasantly surprised at how marvelous Thai Airways was in first class…it has been a few years. The flight left Tokyo Haneda after midnight and arrived in Bangkok before sunrise…at 3:43 AM to be exact. And while not exactly long enough for sleeping, […]
