Pretty much everyone prefers a nonstop flight. But all the money in the world won't get you from Sydney to the UK without a pit stop, because commercial planes just don't have that kind of range. That may change. For years, Australian carrier Qantas Airways has coveted a nonstop offering from Sydney and Melbourne to London. Now Qantas executives finally see the potential. Two new models planned by Airbus and Boeing, they hope, will make the nonstop trip to London - 20 hours and 20 minutes - from Sydney. This new model would also jet across the Pacific Ocean to New York in about 18 hours. On Friday, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce issued a public "challenge" to the companies to extend the range of Boeing's new 777X, which is slated for 2020, and the planned "Ultra-Long Range" version of Airbus's A350, which rolls out next year. Qantas hopes to take delivery of such a plane and begin its Sydney to London service in 2022, the company said. Airbus announced: "We'll have the A350-900 ULR in servic...
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