Qantas Airlines is taking new business strategies by launching the new ultra-long-range aircrafts flying from Australia’s big east-coast cities to London by 2022 which will “take passenger experience to the next level”.Published on : Saturday, March 31, 2018
Qantas Airlines is taking new business strategies by launching the new ultra-long-range aircrafts flying from Australia’s big east-coast cities to London by 2022 which will “take passenger experience to the next level”.
The Australian flag carrier Qantas in the last year tasked Airbus and Boeing with offering a version of the Airbus A350 or Boeing 777X which is capable of making the 20h flight. It plans to make a decision in 2019.
Speaking at the Aviation Club in London on 27 March – shortly after arriving on Qantas’s inaugural flight from Perth to London Heathrow, the first direct service from Australia to Europe- Quantas is considering for the east-coast route.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says the airframers will have to present a product capable of carrying a full complement of passengers almost 9,200nm (17,020km), but not so specialized that it can’t be used anywhere else.
The efforts of Boeing are believed to focus on the smaller 777-8 variant of the new-generation 777, while Airbus is considering whether to push the A350-900 or revive the furloughed, shorter A350-800 to achieve the required range.
Joyce is confident that Qantas will launch the services within four years.
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