LHR ~ PER = 18 hrs, says Qantas
Starting 26 March 2018, a Boeing 787-9 twin jet will leave London Heathrow at around 10am, for a noon arrival next day in Perth.
The 17-hour flight officially covers 9,009 miles
The return flight to London is expected leave Melbourne at around 7pm and Perth soon after 10pm.
The westbound journey will take an hour longer because of the prevailing headwinds, giving an arrival around 7am in London.
The 17-hour flight officially covers 9,009 miles
The return flight to London is expected leave Melbourne at around 7pm and Perth soon after 10pm.
The westbound journey will take an hour longer because of the prevailing headwinds, giving an arrival around 7am in London.
The schedule starts in S18 (when Perth will be 7 hours ahead of the UK, as at present), but those timings are for W18 (28th October onwards, when PER is UK+9 once our clocks have gone back and Western Australia's forward).
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Why not? I did DOH-AKL in Y recently and found it absolutely fine. I quite enjoyed it actually, wouldn't have any qualms about doing such a long route again. Planning on doing it again next year.
You can easily keep yourself active in a Y class seat, move around now and again, even moving your ankles and knees every so often is enough to keep DVT at bay. Flight socks are provided in many amenity kits too.
If you don't want a 17 hour flight then don't book it, but many people will see no problem at all in doing so.
You can easily keep yourself active in a Y class seat, move around now and again, even moving your ankles and knees every so often is enough to keep DVT at bay. Flight socks are provided in many amenity kits too.
If you don't want a 17 hour flight then don't book it, but many people will see no problem at all in doing so.
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Qantas would not be launching a very expensive (and high profile) service, unless they had done their research. Perhaps Hank Marvin and others who live in Perth will be pleased to have a direct UK service - although not riding in Y!
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Thanks for the advice.
I was just positing a question that I'm sure a lot of people might ask. Especially re: the health risks. I would imagine there are quite a few classes of people whose doctors would not recommend such a flight.
I absolutely would not book a flight that involved spending 17 hours in economy class. But maybe there are plenty who will. Good for them and good for Qantas.
I was just positing a question that I'm sure a lot of people might ask. Especially re: the health risks. I would imagine there are quite a few classes of people whose doctors would not recommend such a flight.
I absolutely would not book a flight that involved spending 17 hours in economy class. But maybe there are plenty who will. Good for them and good for Qantas.
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Western Australia does not fiddle with its clocks. It is year round GMT +8.
Good old Simon Calder, a travel writer who never could quite get his head around time zones.
The schedule starts in S18 (when Perth will be 7 hours ahead of the UK, as at present), but those timings are for W18 (28th October onwards, when PER is UK+9 once our clocks have gone back and Western Australia's forward).
The schedule starts in S18 (when Perth will be 7 hours ahead of the UK, as at present), but those timings are for W18 (28th October onwards, when PER is UK+9 once our clocks have gone back and Western Australia's forward).
Western Australia does not fiddle with its clocks. It is year round GMT +8.
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DVT is not soley related to Y seating. There was a case I knew personally a fer years ago: 19 year old female who had not been on an aircraft for more than five months. But she died of a DVT.
But in that case, Perth will be either 7 or 8 hours ahead of the UK, depending on the time of year, so SC's quoted timings are wrong for both summer and winter ...
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Fares announced. Below are A$ fares.
Seem very similar to one stop Perth-London fares on QANTAS, and Gulf carriers as far as I can see, so no apparent premium being charged.
"Fares will start from $2270 for a return economy fare, $4250 for premium economy and $9725 for business class,...."
Qantas Perth to London non-stop flights on sale: Prices from $2270 return
Seem very similar to one stop Perth-London fares on QANTAS, and Gulf carriers as far as I can see, so no apparent premium being charged.
"Fares will start from $2270 for a return economy fare, $4250 for premium economy and $9725 for business class,...."
Qantas Perth to London non-stop flights on sale: Prices from $2270 return
