It will be a continuous London to Sydney flight by Qantas, taking up to 22 hours, get your flight pillows and movie marathons ready.

by tylerthe-theatre

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  3. I’ve done Sydney <> London more times than I can count, and I think I’d still prefer to have a stop over rather than one super long flight.

    Breaking it up to stretch your legs and explore somewhere for 2-3 hours sounds far more interesting than 22 straight hours in the air.

  4. Couldn’t do a flight that long unless it was business

  6. Anything that increases Dubai’s irrelevance is good news.

  7. Long haul is the new-shoes of travel, looks good but is deeply painful

    I’m not sure why its never evolved to be a more enjoyable experience (but I’ll guess profits). Bookending great experiences with misery 😂

  8. Imagine doing 22 hours in cattle class with crying babies around you

  9. I’ve done the 17 hour direct flight from London to Perth, and it wasn’t as horrendous as I thought it would be. Still crap, but it was like the crapness hit a peak at about ten hours in and then I went in to a plane trance and it didn’t get worse.

    I’ve also gone between Australia and London changing half way, and while it’s nice to stretch your legs, I actually ended up finding the direct route a bit better. It was a relief to get it all done in one go and not need to get on a second plane.

    Mind you, 17 hours was still a lot. 22 hours might cross the line to being too much. 

  11. Have done London <> Sydney dozens of times across all classes. I’ve done London <> Perth many times too. If im in economy I would prefer this every time. Once you get past ~13 hours long haul it all starts to blur into one slog anyway. I would prefer not having to stop because it means 1. You dont have to wake up and stay up for the 2-6 hours during a layover. You can just sleep right through (even if it is poor sleep) and also means you won’t get fucked by the stopover. If you have ever had delays which means you miss that and wait around another 8 hours you know how awful that is. If I was in Business class I don’t think it’d bother me as much and if you have the time to add a proper nights stopover then that also becomes easier. But for a quick trip i’d certainly pay ~20% extra for this.

  12. Such a long flight should’ve seats that can recline into beds.

  13. How long does the business class drinks menu have to be for me to have one of each over the duration of the flight, and it remain a challenge?

  14. Hopefully the long haul direct flight will lower the prices of long haul with stops

  15. 22 hour flight is fucking insane.

    Heathrow to Tokyo was 14 hours and it felt like I was on the plane for a week.

  16. BS. They have been talking about this flight for 10 years and always gets pushed back.

  17. I can’t seem to see any engines on that aircraft.

  18. Would work for a business exec needing to get Down Under in a hurry. Or a premium leisure traveller. Most people will continue to stop over on the way, I went to Australia in 2023 and had a one night stop in Hong Kong on the way as the fare was so much cheaper. It worked wonders for my wellbeing on arrival in Sydney as the jet lag would have wiped me out for days.

  19. Having done this flight >20 times, I don’t understand how it takes 22 hours still? The sgp airlines flights are barely 23 hours and you get to walk around a bit. I had assumed these would come in around 20 hours in the end which is a (somewhat) reasonable net reduction.

  21. i do QF1 from LHR to SIN, can’t imagine being cramped up in economy for more than 14 hours 😂

  22. Crazy how far away Australia is but having 10 paid sick days presumably more than makes up for the lost time.

  24. QF1 is 24 hours with the stop over. If they want this to be viable they are gonna need to shave more time off because almost everyone would take the stop and leg stretch for 2 more hours of travel

  25. We need faster planes rather than longest flight achievements 😃 I did multiple 14-15h trips and they do destroy your body, people who say you get used to – not really. Your health suffers, sleep gets affected for many weeks after it

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