The rejuvenation of Qantas’ reputation began this week as it took media around the Airbus facility in France where the revolutionary long-range A350 aircraft is being built for Operation Sunrise.
Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood attended the event as a guest of Qantas.
“Qantas’ return to Paris for the first time in 20 years, with direct 17-hour flights from Perth was the precursor for one of the most ambitious aviation projects in the world,” he said.
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Sydney to Brazil 🙏🙌🇧🇷🇦🇺
Incorrect. The A350 competes directly with the 777-X which is still a number of years late and yet to be delivered. The 787 competes with the A330 family of aircraft.
Just another thing to show climate change is a scam
why can't Elon musk create a faster airplane
⚠️⚠️⚠️ What about putting some rules of sharing the armrests and reclining seats? If you get stuck with inconsiderate people, your experience will be an unforgettable for the wrong reasons!
Can Wallace & all of QUANTAS 9:05 should all go & FELTCH a BIG black hairy dog !.
Worst flying experiences I have EVER had to deal with were with QANTARESE . Bunch of idiots who know nothing about customer service out of all the other airlines I have ever flown .
UP YOURS QANTAS !.
When is QANTAS going to repay the tax payer the billions lent to them over Covid? Responsible Airlines like KLM and Lufthansa have! You don’t ask these questions!
Bullshite Qantas. How many of your executives fly economy on these flights. There is No way that economy on these flights is better than economy on say Emirates A380. Also let's see politicians and senior public servants fly economy on these flights and the government get rid of it's VIP jets,
21 hours is crazy – how can that be ok from a health perspective? who in their right mind would want to be jammed into an economy seat for that long?? I can see the financial benefits to the carriers though – lower fuel costs, lower landing/terminal costs & less landing/TO cycles on the aircraft. this was always about improving margins.
Apple Vision Pro is the answer to the stress problem on long haul flight.
The cost to carry just the fuel from NY/LHR to Sydney will make these tickets substantially more expensive than a one-stop flight. Unless you are flying business class, I can't see this plane being profitable for Quantas. SIN-NY is an 18 hour flight that just transports business and premium economy. The lighting, food, and other things are meaningless if you are stuck in a small economy seat.
So many people saying that such a long flight will never work. Well, it already works for Qantas with their Perth to London flights consistently achieving above 90% load factor.
As long as I get my lie-flat seat and you feed me at the right time, let's go.
The only thing that will make a Project Sunrise flight bearable in any class is if Qantas relinquish control of the window shades & allow their fare paying passengers the chance to marvel at the world outside & below.
Oooh La LA! I love the QANTAS vision for expansion! See you across more North American cities soon!
Has Qantas paid back all the money the govt (tax payer) gave them yet!
At least it’s an airbus, if it was a Boeing stuff would be falling off all the time.
Too bad it's not the 777-9. It is lot wider and more comfortable than this sardine can. See, they love the 787 from Perth to London.
Subtly not mentioning until recently the PTH to LHR flight actually started in MEL. They now have MEL passengers fly on a 737 and move to the 787 at PTH.
Now I don’t mind long haul flights I’ve done DFW-SYD loads, and AKL-DXB, but I really don’t think I could bear doing another 5-6 hours on top of those… I like my stop over in the likes of Singapore for example, I’m a travel agent and people like the stopover so I really do wonder how it will be received… but good on QF for giving it a good crack! 😊
Qantas is still rated the world's safest airline. This project is courageous
I admire how Qantas is not afraid to go for the best most technologically advanced aircraft. Having said, I’ll only fly from Australia to Europe/US directly if I’m able to afford business class (when it’s priced). No way I’ll fly in economy
I am a bit confused, they talk about the Sunrise project and Airbus, and they show only the 787 Dreamliner…. 😅
21 hours in economy? that sounds like fun.
All that fuel so dangerous
A lot of incorrect info in this video, please sort it out
The Boeing management should go to Airbus and learn how quality planes are built.
Dreamliner is Boeing so let’s see how the Airbuses get on
No thanks 😂 15h is already to much without the stopover can’t even imagine 21h flight on them crumped seats and paying 20% more then normal flight where you actually get out of the box and can stretch, have nice meal and relax
Celebrating the “project sunrise” on the inaugural flight flown with a Dreamliner🙄
This may improve customer experience however it does nothing to fix their systemic failures in customer service
please get them for Air New Zealand. they need to wake up