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Originally Posted by johnfowles
eminently possible to fly London-NewYork>LosAngeles> Brisbane>Perth>London and go "Around The World in Minus One Day. I have yet to prove to myself that using existing flight schedules that this is indeed possible as Jim claimed but will be trying later and I will report back.Ain't life grand??!
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Oops I was jumping the gun a tad there
I had remembered reading the following news recently
https://www.theguardian.com/business...rom-march-2018
Qantas confirms non-stop Perth to London flights from March 2018
The 14,498 km flight on 787-9 Dreamliners will be the first regular passenger service to directly link Australia and Europe
Qantas
The flights are expected to run 14 times per week, and will take about 17 hours, depending on weather conditions.
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