By Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News, Sydney
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Australia’s biggest airline will offer direct flights to London and New York from 2025
Qantas has announced it will begin operating non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025.
Australia’s national carrier said it had purchased a new fleet of Airbus A350-1000 jets capable of direct flights to any city in the world.
The first Sydney-London flights will depart in late 2025 and take about 20 hours, making them the world’s longest passenger flights.
The route, launched in 1947, once took 58 hours and seven stops.
“The A350 and ‘Project Sunrise’ will make any city just one flight away from
