The world’s longest flight is moving one step closer to reality as Qantas plans to test 19-hour routes

• Qantas Airlines is planning three nonstop test flights from London and New York City to Sydney, Australia.
• The airline said it will test the routes with three Boeing 787-9 aircraft when it takes delivery of them this fall from Boeing’s Seattle plant.
• The flights will be about 19 hours, the world’s longest, and the roughly 40 people on board will be monitored by doctors to see how they cope with such a flight.
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Australian airline Qantas is taking the next steps towards its goal of having nonstop 19-hour flights between Sydney and London and New York.

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