Over the weekend Qantas Flight 7879 from JFK NY to Sydney Australia. Totaling 19 hours and 15 minutes it took of Friday night at 9.30pm EST form NY and arrived in Sydney around 7.45 am Sunday morning. On board the Boeing 787 for non-stop flight were 49 passengers plus crew members.

Qantas called this experimental this the “Project Sunrise “flight. The airline plans to do a second one of these flights. Years ago, long flights were from LAX los Angeles to Sydney on board the Boeing 747-400 and before the 400 series the 200 series. Back then that was considered one of the longest flights. We all have come a very long way. Were have the days gone.

As we proceed to the future of long flights and new planes Qantas is looking for the future of Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 777x types to fly these long-haul routes. This is if Qantas gets the green light to operate after test results come from various sources including those of each pilot that conducted that project sunrise flight this weekend past. For 20 days after the flight was conducted prior test were done on the pilots 20 days before the flight. Many aspects and results will depend if the airline moves forward with its goals for the long haul.

Source Qantas and Fire and Aviation TV 10/21/19