Final Up to date:
Challenge Dawn will join Sydney to London and New York.
Qantas has acquired 12 specifically designed Airbus A350-1000 planes. (Picture Credit: YouTube)
Australian airline Qantas is ready to introduce the world’s longest continuous flight, Challenge Dawn. This groundbreaking route will join Sydney to London and New York with none flight adjustments. On the 19-22-hour journey, passengers will be capable of witness two sunrises. The brand new route would scale back the journey time by 4 hours as in comparison with present choices and is ready to be inaugurated in 2026.
To make this dream flight a actuality, Qantas has acquired 12 specifically designed Airbus A350-1000 planes. As spending nearly a day within the air could be inconvenient for travellers, Qantas has tried to mitigate discomfort for passengers with a number of developments. In contrast to the standard planes that carry 350 to 500 passengers, these customized plane could have simply 238 seats, together with 6 first suites, 52 enterprise suites, 40 premium economic system seats and 140 economic system seats. Plus, a Wellbeing Zone for stretching and leisure,
Speaking concerning the bold mission, a Qantas consultant stated on its web site, “Challenge Dawn will ship extra direct routes to Australia, considerably diminished point-to-point journey time (as much as 4 hours in contrast with 1-stop flights) and a flying expertise second to none, with a cabin inside and repair design influenced by medical and scientific analysis carried out on analysis flights.”
In accordance with Forbes, Vanessa Hudson, the CEO of Qantas, lately attended an occasion for Challenge Dawn held at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), the place she defined that the mission exhibits how a lot Australians wish to journey instantly from one place to a different, with out stops. She added that these lengthy distance flights on the Airbus A350 will supply Australians a handy strategy to discover the world.
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann additionally praised the airways stating, “There’s flying and there’s Qantas. Nice Ozzie meals and wine. The journey is the vacation spot, within the heat embrace of our Ozzieness.”
Qantas first launched Challenge Dawn in 2017 with plans to launch in 2022. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the progress. Though the corporate has not but launched all the main points, they’re excited to start these particular continuous flights by mid-2026.
