The flights, which include one from London to Sydney and two from New York to Sydney, will simulate two of Qantas’s proposed routes as part of its ongoing ultra long-haul research project Sunrise.
Qantas will operate the flights, which are scheduled for October, November and December and estimated to each take about 19 hours, using three new Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
Instead of flying the aircraft empty from Boeing’s production facility in Seattle to Australia, Qantas will reroute the aircraft’s delivery flights to operate its Project Sunrise routes.
