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Qantas Group CEO confirms early 2027 launch planned for Project Sunrise flights
March 27th 2025
Qantas Airways intends to commence its highly anticipated “Project Sunrise” ultra-long-haul flights in early 2027, the group’s CEO, Vanessa Hudson, told reporters on the sidelines of an Airbus sustainability conference earlier this week. Read More » The carrier is expected to accept its first A350-1000ULR earmarked for daily nonstop Australia-UK and later nonstop Sydney-New York by year-end 2026. The route’s launch has been delayed by a directive from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that Airbus redesign a center fuel tank on the wide-body type that will operate the groundbreaking routes. Hudson said three aircraft will be needed for the daily service either Sydney-New York or Sydney-London. As other aircraft come on line, we will fill out the network,” she said.
