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Project Sunrise may refer to: AstroFlight Sunrise , an early solar powered aircraft project that first flew in California Kangaroo Route#Project Sunrise , a project by Australian airline Qantas, to fly non-stop from the East Coast of Australia to London, Paris and New York City by 2026
Throughout the summer of 2024, Qantas announced more details regarding its development of Project Sunrise. News publications revealed features such as "Wellness Zone" that would be available for passengers onboard as a "stretch and movement space" in order to mitigate jetlag. Additionally, "fast and free" Wi-Fi onboard was promised. [164]
Project Sunrise was announced by Qantas in 2017, a plan to operate the world’s longest nonstop flights, allowing travelers to fly directly between London or New York to the eastern Australian ...
Qantas flights would originate in Sydney, before flying in 2025 on a non-stop Sydney–New York route, as part of Project Sunrise. Qantas aims to eliminate the " tyranny of distance " by developing non-stop flight routes connecting Australian cities to New York City, and to London. [ 84 ]
On 24 August 2023, Qantas announced another order for aircraft to operate international service under Project Fysh, with a firm order for four 787-9, eight 787-10 and another 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft (for a total of 24). With the A350-1000 expected to have a different seating configuration to those operating Project Sunrise flights.
The Secret Order of the Double Sunrise certificate that was given by Qantas to all passengers on the Double Sunrise service The Secret Order of the Double Sunrise was an illustrated certificate given to passengers aboard the flying boats of the Australia–England air link, to attest they had been airborne for more than 24 hours.
A Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200 at Longreach's Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Qantas has had a varied fleet since the airline's inception. Following its foundation shortly after the end of the First World War, the first aircraft to serve in the fleet was the Avro 504K, a small biplane.
In December 2019, Qantas announced they had selected an Airbus A350-1000 (with some potential modifications) for Project Sunrise if the flights proceed. [352] The Airbus A350-1000 entered into service in February 2018 with a range of 16,100 kilometres (10,004 mi; 8,693 nmi) [ 353 ] and is capable of flying non-stop both Sydney – London and ...