First ever non-stop flight from Australia to UK touches down

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The first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK has landed at Heathrow Airport after a 17-hour flight.

 

Sunday 25th March 2018 has entered the aviation record books as the day the first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK took place.

 

Qantas Flight QF9 landed at London’s Heathrow airport early Sunday morning after a 9,240 mile journey from the western Australian city of Perth.

 

According to Flight Aware, the journey, operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, took 17 hours and 20 minutes.

 

The new, non-stop service allows passengers to avoid time-consuming layovers in the Middle East or East Asia, which saves a traveller approximately three hours.

 

Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, who was on board the flight, said: “This is a truly historic flight that opens up a new era of travel. For the first time, Australia and Europe have a direct air link.

 

‘The original Kangaroo Route from Australia to London was named for the seven stops it made over four days back in 1947. Now we can do it in a single leap.

 

‘The response to the flight has been amazing, both for the attention it’s received since we announced it and the bookings we’ve seen coming in. It’s great for Australian tourism, for business travellers and for people visiting friends and family on both sides of the world.”