{"id":46838,"date":"2020-03-25T18:32:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/?p=46838"},"modified":"2020-04-03T08:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T07:05:52","slug":"qantas-now-connecting-australia-to-london-via-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/coronavirus-travel\/qantas-now-connecting-australia-to-london-via-darwin.htm","title":{"rendered":"Qantas: Now Connecting Australia to London via Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The unprecedented chaos in the travel industry is apparent, and airlines\u2019 efforts to cope with their flying network is parallel to this chaos. Most of the airlines are grinding their operations to halt for a temporary period as a result of COVID-19 outbreak impacting international travel. Amidst the pressures, Qantas scored a footnote in the history of aviation by operating a direct link on its A380 from Australia<\/a><\/strong> to the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, the flagship\nSydney-London route used to make a touch down at Singapore Changi Airport.\nPertaining to travel restrictions these days, the Australian carrier swapped\nits touch down airport from Singapore to Darwin International Airport in\nAustralia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darwin<\/a> is well-positioned for the quickest stopover before the aircraft continues to be on the sky for 17-hour flight towards London. Usually, it receives domestic flights and quite a few international flights. Though Darwin will only be hosting red-tailed A380 for a handful of days, London is an astounding addition on its departure board. With this, Darwin has become the second airport in Australia connecting London on a direct flying route.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last flight, QF1, is currently set to depart on 26 March from Sydney. QF2 is scheduled to take to the skies from London on 27 March, arriving Sydney the next day. Qantas\u2019 return flight to Sydney<\/a> via Darwin will take off at 22:15 from Heathrow Airport. The total flight time is 16 hours and 45 minutes, including 90 minutes in transit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of this last\nflight, Qantas is suspending all international flight operations on account of\ncorona crisis and travel restrictions by the Australia government. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unprecedented chaos in the travel industry is apparent, and airlines\u2019 efforts to cope with their flying network is parallel to this chaos. Most of the airlines are grinding their operations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":46839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5809],"tags":[534,3026,5679,29],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-46838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus-travel","tag-aviation-industry","tag-london-heathrow-airport","tag-qantas","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t