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Qantas confirms first nonstop 'Kangaroo route' to London will start in 2018

Bookings won't be open until April 2017 and flights start in March 2018.

Nevil Gibson
Mon, 12 Dec 2016

Qantas has confirmed it will launch the first direct non-stop Australia-UK flight but not until March 2018.

As previously reported, the Perth-London route will use a Boeing 787-9 with fewer seats than the normal model for the 17-hour journey.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce confirmed the

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Nevil Gibson
Mon, 12 Dec 2016
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