A non-stop London to Sydney flight is coming - could you handle it? - BBC News

Some analysts say the first non-stop London to Sydney flight is a major milestone - but would you buy a ticket?

Image source, QantasImage caption, The non-stop London to Sydney flight would enter new frontiers in aviation

On a stage at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, the chief executive of Australian airline Qantas declares: "The tyranny of distance has finally been conquered".

Vanessa Hudson was in the French city last week to announce the world's first 20-plus hour flight route.

The airline first flew what it named the Kangaroo route between London and Sydney in 1947. At the time, it was an odyssey spanning seven stops and four days.

Those stops have been gradually reduced, with Qantas now stopping only once, in Singapore, on the way through.