Qantas Performs Their Longest Ever Commercial Flight

5 October 2021, 3.28 PM UTC | Qantas' longest-ever flight departs from Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport, bound for Darwin International Airport. The flight travelled a distance of 14,673 km, taking over 18 hours, making it the longest ever flight performed by Qantas with paying passengers on board. This unique flight was a repatriation flight that the airline ran on behalf of the Australian Government.

The aircraft being used for the flight in question is a 2.9-year-old Boeing 787-9 with registration VH-ZNH. At the time of writing, the flight, QF14, is flying over Antarctica and is expected to land today at 9.11 am UTC or 6.41 pm local time at Darwin.

Here is the latest communication with the pilots in QF14, according to Qantas:

"It's cold -75C Greetings fm Antartica Over the Walker Ranges Def no polar bears All going well Cheers fm QF14 Damien and Alex on deck"

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Image of VH-ZNH, the 787 operating on Qantas' longest commercial flight

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