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Qantas to launch non-stop Sydney-London route

London
Will Payne
3 May 2022

Qantas will offer a new non-stop service from Sydney to New York and London by the end of 2025.

The aircraft resume operations on the route for the first time since the start of the pandemic

It comes after the airline ordered 12 Airbus A350-1000s to operate ultra-long-haul routes from Australia to other cities up to 20 hours in duration. 

The "Project Sunrise" services will offer "market-leading" passenger comfort with flights due to start by the end of 2025 from Sydney.

Domestically, Qantas will start the renewal of its narrow-body jets as part of "Project Winton" with orders for 20 Airbus A321XLRs and 20 A220-300s as its Boeing 737s and 717s are gradually retired.

The first of these aircraft will start to arrive in late 2023, with the order including purchase right options for another 94 aircraft for delivery through to at least 2034.