Qantas has unveiled prototypes of the First and Business cabins on the aircraft that will fly passengers non-stop from Australia to New York and London from late 2025.

Qantas will ban unvaccinated passengers from international flights when borders reopen. Qantas is expects this to happen sometime in December.

Depart from Sydney and fly up the New South Wales coast before crossing the Queensland border for a flyby of the Gold Coast and then up the Queensland coast to the Great Barrier Reef. The aircraft will then track across Australia to do low level flybys of Uluru and Kata Tjuta before heading back to Sydney for a late afternoon flyover of Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach. The flight will depart on October 10.

Qantas will start flying ghost flights from New York and London to Sydney. The flights are not available to the public. They will be carrying just a few staff to see how the human body holds up before commercial services start. The airline said it will simulate the world’s longest direct flights with Boeing Dreamliners…

Qantas plans to start weighing carry-on bags at the gate. Some airlines have a weight limit on them and Qantas is planning to start enforcing it. For the Australian carrier, that limit is 7 kg or 15.4 lb per bag. They plan to place scales at gates across Australian airports. Enforcement is reportedly occurring on the busiest…

A passenger on Qantas’ newly launched 17-hour non-stop flight from Perth to London has amazed aviation experts. His feat? Not moving for the entire flight, not even one step, not even to use the bathroom. The man’s incredible endurance was discovered by the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, which used wearable special…