Australia to Paris Nonstop Launches Friday. 17+ Hours in Economy, Anyone?
Photo Credit: A Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Vincenzo Pace / Vincenzo Pace
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The Perth to Paris route marks the latest ultra-long haul service from Qantas. Even longer nonstop links from Sydney to New York and London are due to follow.
Do you call July midsummer or mid-winter? It all depends which side of a major new air route you’re on. Come July 12, one of the year’s most hotly anticipated new flights will take to the skies for the first time.
Qantas’ nonstop link from Perth in Western Australia to Paris will launch just ahead of the Olympics and Paralympics. However, with flight times of up to 17 hours and 20 minutes, this is a marathon rather than a sprint.
Services operate four-times weekly before dropping down to thrice weekly in the second week of August.
While notable, the new route isn’t entirely without precedent. It follows a similar path to Qantas’ existing ultra-long-haul services from Perth to both London and Rome. It is operated by the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, an aircraft designed for particularly long journeys.
Paris will soon join London and Rome as nonstop flights from Perth. Graphic: Great Circle Map An Appetite for Ultra
