Darwin now has Qantas’ longest and shortest worldwide flights

Darwin is staking a slight assert to fame, with the NT cash now internet hosting the two the longest and shortest flights on the international Qantas network.

The shortest flight is a quick 50-moment hop to Dili, the capital of East Timor. Qantas this 7 days fully commited to up to five flights for each 7 days on its new Embraer E190 jets.

Sporting each company course and financial system cabins, the Darwin-based E-Jets will also hook up the Top Close with Alice Springs, Adelaide, Canberra, Cairns and Townsville.

And the longest flight? This is, of system, the 17-hour trek to London, which runs two times everyday – from Sydney and Melbourne – on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Qantas chose Darwin as a short term substitute for the respective Singapore and Perth stopovers of is Sydney-London and Melbourne-London Kangaroo Routes: the previous due to Singapore’s ongoing transit limitations, and the afterwards owing to Western Australia’s determination to keep its borders shut for an indefinite period of time .

“To streamline transit arrangements for passengers, Qantas will also carry on to run the Sydney to London flight by using Darwin as a substitute of via Singapore till June 2022,” the airline suggests.

This week also saw the return of Qantas’ second-longest flight – the 15-hour journey from Sydney to Dallas Fort-Well worth – which was the airline’s longest route when it introduced in 2011, till the Perth-London provider stole the crown in 2018.

But even longer flights lay ahead, with Qantas before long predicted to give the go-in advance to its bold Challenge Sunrise prepare for non-cease providers from Sydney and Melbourne to the likes of New York, London and Paris to start in 2024-2025.

Travellers will want to strap on their own in for a marathon of up to 20 hrs, while these world-striding Airbus A350-1000 jets will make the journey a lot additional snug many thanks to what Qantas CEO Alan Joyce explained to Government Traveller as all-new “super to start with class” suites and business course seats.

“Given the nature of the routes there is absolutely a market for to start with class,” he mentioned, adding “it will be the finest solution we have at any time put on an plane.”

There will also be a refreshing consider on quality financial state and a broader overall economy seat with a number of extra inches of legroom, along with specified stretching parts in a cabin ‘designed for extremely-extended haul’ traveling.

“That’s all aspect of the proposition, this plane is likely to be made for 19-20 hour flights,” Joyce mentioned.

Additional reporting by Matt Lennon