{"id":37231,"date":"2026-06-17T23:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37231\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:45:15","slug":"qantas-names-first-ultra-long-haul-project-sunrise-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/37231\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas Names First Ultra-Long-Haul \u2018Project Sunrise\u2019 Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airlinegeeks.com\/tag\/qantas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Qantas\">Qantas<\/a> is inching closer to the operational phase of \u201cProject Sunrise,\u201d its yearslong effort to connect the east coast of Australia with far-flung destinations in North America and Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The carrier announced Wednesday that it will launch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qantasnewsroom.com.au\/media-releases\/project-sunrise-route-announcement-toulouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"the first-ever nonstop service between Sydney and London in October 2027\">the first-ever nonstop service between Sydney and London in October 2027<\/a>. The roughly 20-hour flight will operate using Airbus\u2019 A350-1000ULR, which Qantas custom ordered four years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airline plans to fly the route once daily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qantas currently serves London from Perth, on the west coast of Australia, and from Sydney with a stop in Singapore. Both of those routes will continue when the new nonstop connection comes online, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonstop flights to London have been a central objective of Project Sunrise since its launch in 2017, but with New York also a priority, it was unclear which city would lead Qantas\u2019 ultra-long-haul expansion. The carrier said Wednesday that nonstop flights from Sydney to New York are next in line, with a launch date expected to be announced next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets for the Sydney-London service will become available for purchase in February 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe made a commitment in 2017 that Qantas would conquer the final frontier of long-haul aviation and connect Australia\u2019s east coast directly to London, something that has never before been possible,\u201d Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson said in a news release. \u201cFrom October 2027, that promise becomes reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hudson said nonstop flights to London will save customers up to four hours of travel time. She also noted that the A350-1000ULR has been specially designed to help occupants stave off the effects of jetlag on long journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qantas\u2019 first two -1000ULRs are currently undergoing testing in France. A total of 12 are on order with Airbus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The type has been fitted with an extra fuel tank, allowing it to fly for up to 22 continuous hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qantas is training some of its A330 pilots for the new aircraft with a simulator in Sydney, and on British Airways flights in the U.K. Some pilots will also fly with Cathay Pacific in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qantas first operated what it calls the \u201cKangaroo Route\u201d between Australia and the U.K. in 1947. At the time, the service required seven stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qantas is inching closer to the operational phase of \u201cProject Sunrise,\u201d its yearslong effort to connect the east&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13021],"tags":[4616,21453,1984,356,1668,608,6,17236,17235],"class_list":["post-37231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-airbus","tag-airbus","tag-airbus-a350-1000ulr","tag-airlines","tag-australia","tag-featured","tag-london","tag-news","tag-project-sunrise","tag-qantas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}