Qantas announces new direct 20-hour Sydney to London flights
Qantas has revealed when its legendary Kangaroo Route from Sydney to London non-stop will take off and when to buy tickets.
Tickets for Qantas’s direct Sydney-London service are scheduled to go on sale from February 2027.
In a huge change for avid travellers, the iconic QF1 and QF2 Qantas flight routes will be non-stop from Sydney to London from October 2027. This means no stopover in Singapore.
That void will be filled by Qantas flights QF5 and QF6, which will service the existing Sydney to London via Singapore route.
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The changes are part of Qantas’s Project Sunrise, an initiative to connect Sydney to London and New York via long-haul flights.
Advances in aircraft technology and upgrades to Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s will allow for non-stop 20-hour flights, which will save passengers about four hours of commuting time.
In order to make the distance, the specially designed A350-1000ULR aircraft has a 20,000-litre fuel tank.
Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson announced earlier this year that London would be the first destination for the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight.
“Qantas was built on the belief that Australia’s distance from the rest of the world should never stand in the way,” she said.
“The pioneering spirit of generations of our people has forged that path ever since, and today is the most significant step in that mission in our 105-year history.”
In September, Qantas also confirmed it would launch non-stop flights to New York in 2028.
Originally published as Qantas announces new direct 20-hour Sydney to London flights
