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In a little under six months Qantas will launch direct flights from London Heathrow to Perth. If the route is a success it will herald the start of a new era in aviation with direct flights to Brisbane and Sydney likely to follow.
Preparations for the launch moved a step closer this week as Qantas first Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner arrived in Sydney bearing the name “Great Southern Land”. Whilst Qantas is a little late getting on the Dreamliner bus, the airline is seizing the opportunity to reassert itself in international travel.
Qantas’ Boeing 787-900 Dreamliner will operate on scheduled international flights on Melbourne to Los Angeles from Friday 15 December 2017. London Heathrow to Perth to follow on Sunday 25 March 2018, by which time Qantas will have four Dreamliners in its fleet. As is par the course for new aircraft types, Qantas will operate the Dreamliner on selected domestic flights in Australia for crew training and familiarisation purposes.
Qantas has released final images of its economy, premium economy and business class cabins on the 236 seat aircraft. There is no first class cabin on this aircraft.
Qantas is still working on the design of the in-flight service. The airline is working with University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre on aspects such as meal services and cabin lighting and temperature.
Qantas also released a series of short films featuring Qantas pilots, cabin crew and engineers created by Qantas’ Australian ad agency The Monkeys and Exit Films.
On separate Qantas London developments, a new lounge is expected to open at London Heathrow Terminal 3 in the coming months and Qantas will reinstate its Singapore stopover on London to Sydney flights from late March.
Non-stop flights between London and Perth are on sale now at Qantas.com
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