Australian airline Qantas has completed the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight, researching potential impacts of ultra-long haul flights on pilots, crew and passengers. The 10,066-mile journey from New York to Sydney took 19 hours and 16 minutes.
researching the potential impacts of ultra-long haul flights on pilots, crew and passengers.
Research into the health and well-being of those on board were conducted during the flight with tests ranging from monitoring pilot brain waves, melatonin levels and alertness to exercise classes for passengers. Qantas has said it hopes to operate direct flights from three cities on Australia's east coast -- Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane -- and New York and London by 2022 or 2023.
Passengers in the main cabin wore monitoring devices, and experts from the Charles Perkins Centre will study how their"health, wellbeing and body clock" was impacted by a set of variables that include lighting, food and drink, movement, sleep patterns and inflight entertainment.
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