Qantas tested a non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight from London to Sydney. Passengers and crew were monitored throughout the journey, which lasted more than 19 hours
) 777-8, although the latter plane’s entry into service has been delayed and so Boeing has put together an alternative offer to deal with that.
“They will be very, very long flights and fatiguing over the long term,” she said, adding she would like to see regulations in place to limit the trips to around one a month for pilots.
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