New Aircraft Could Make Ultra-Long-Haul Routes Viable

Jens Flottau Karen Walker June 05, 2018
Credit: Airbus
SYDNEY—New-generation widebodies are prompting some airlines to seek out potential new city pairs that can be served nonstop with flight times of 17 hr. or longer. Qantas started nonstop service from Perth to London Heathrow in March using Boeing 787-9s, and CEO Alan Joyce said during the IATA AGM...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Network Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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