The Qantas aircraft made the first ever non-stop flight from Australia to the UK

Автор: OUTLOOK 31.03.2018

Qantas Airline has completed the first non-stop flight from the Australian city of Perth to London. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has covered a distance of almost 14.5 thousand kilometers in 17 hours.

Flight QF9 flew out of the city of Perth on Saturday, March 24, and arrived in London early in the morning on Sunday, March 25, after spending more than 17 hours on the road. The length of the route was 14,498 km. Over 200 passengers and 16 crew members took part in the historic flight.

All the available functions passengers could use with the touch screen. Availability in the multimedia service catalog of Hollywood blockbusters, flight maps, podcasts and the latest album of British singer Sam Smith.

Conditions for sleeping on this flight - each passenger had a footrest, a large pillow, a blanket and an adjustable headrest.

The Qantas flight from Perth to London was one of the longest in the world, comparable to Doha (Qatar) - Oakland (New Zealand), which was first carried out by Qatar Airways in February 2017. The longest is the flight on the route Newark (USA) - Singapore, it takes 18 hours and 50 minutes.

According to the materials of lenta.ru