QANTAS completed first nonstop Project Sunrise trial flight (JFK-Sydney) in 19 hours 16 minutes

Stephen Costley October 25, 2019
QANTAS completed first nonstop Project Sunrise trial flight (JFK-Sydney) in 19 hours 16 minutes; it operated 787-9 with 49 pax/crew and ran series of experiments to assess health and well-being onboard under. It plans by end of year to decide on whether to proceed with Project Sunrise flights...
Stephen Costley

Steve Costley is responsible for the overall production SpeedNews. Steve has over 30 years of experience with SpeedNews, now part of the Aviation Week Network. He joined the company in August 1989 as an Associate Editor and was named Managing Editor in 1994. He was also named Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of SpeedNews, Inc., in the late 1990s, and held those titles until Prism Business Media acquired the company from Gil Speed in 2006.

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