Insights into the physical and emotional toll of ultra-long-haul travel should emerge this weekend when Qantas flies the world’s first 20-hour, non-stop flight from New York to Sydney. Photo: Seattle Times via TNS
World’s first 20-hour, non-stop airline flight to test humans’ limits
- Qantas Airlines’ trial of non-stop New York to Sydney flight puts a new focus on the physical toll of an ultra-long-haul journey and how to combat it
- The airline’s new Boeing Dreamliner will be turned into a high-altitude laboratory for the trip
Insights into the physical and emotional toll of ultra-long-haul travel should emerge this weekend when Qantas flies the world’s first 20-hour, non-stop flight from New York to Sydney. Photo: Seattle Times via TNS
