Qantas has challenged Airbus and Boeing to produce an aircraft capable of flying direct from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York, proposing a drastic new plane layout to pull off the ultra-long-haul flight.
Codenamed Project Sunrise, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, told a conference in the UK today about his dramatic vision for the future of flying, with the Aussie carrier looking to use transform part of a plane's cargo hold into an area that can be used to house a gym, dining area and flat beds.
"We have, we believe one last frontier in aviation. That last frontier is getting from the east coast of Australia to London.
“I think that we have it in sight that by 2022 I believe we will have broken and pushed though that last frontier," Mr Joyce told the conference according to Newshub.
The announcement comes as the first group of travellers to fly non-stop to Perth from London arrived in the West Australian capital on Monday after a long- haul journey.
The 17-hour Qantas Dreamliner service is now the fastest way to travel to Australia from Europe and is the airline's longest flight at 14,498km.
The aircraft made its maiden voyage from Perth on Saturday and left from London on Sunday.
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