Non-stop London to Oz?

This story appeared in http://www.abtn.co.uk

An extract below..

"The Boeing 777-200LR is 90% complete regarding design. What
makes the aircraft really interesting is that it can fly non-stop
from Heathrow to Sydney in 19 hours with 300 passengers, their
luggage and some revenue earning cargo in the hold."

Can't wait until 2007! :-))


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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:06:22 GMT, fox1
wrote:

This story appeared in http://www.abtn.co.uk

An extract below..

"The Boeing 777-200LR is 90% complete regarding design. What
makes the aircraft really interesting is that it can fly non-stop
from Heathrow to Sydney in 19 hours with 300 passengers, their
luggage and some revenue earning cargo in the hold."

Can't wait until 2007! :-))

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder (and that is in J).

Dave

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On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:06:22 GMT, fox1
wrote:

This story appeared in http://www.abtn.co.uk

An extract below..

"The Boeing 777-200LR is 90% complete regarding design. What
makes the aircraft really interesting is that it can fly non-stop
from Heathrow to Sydney in 19 hours with 300 passengers, their
luggage and some revenue earning cargo in the hold."

Can't wait until 2007! :-))

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder (and that is in J).

Dave

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"Dave Proctor" wrote in message
...

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder (and that is in J).

Dave

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Agreed - I'm only too happy when I get off those 14 hour flights. The only
exception was last year's Singapore Airlines flight LHR - SIN when, because
of the SARS scare, there were so few pax that I grabbed the middle row of
four seats in the centre and lay across it. A full jumbo shoehorned into
cattle class can be murder on those lengthy sectors, at least a stop allows
you to get up and walk into the terminal for a stretch and change of
scenery, even if it adds an hour or two to the whole journey half way round
the globe.

Regards

David Bennetts

"Dave Proctor" wrote in message
...

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder (and that is in J).

Dave

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Agreed - I'm only too happy when I get off those 14 hour flights. The only
exception was last year's Singapore Airlines flight LHR - SIN when, because
of the SARS scare, there were so few pax that I grabbed the middle row of
four seats in the centre and lay across it. A full jumbo shoehorned into
cattle class can be murder on those lengthy sectors, at least a stop allows
you to get up and walk into the terminal for a stretch and change of
scenery, even if it adds an hour or two to the whole journey half way round
the globe.

Regards

David Bennetts

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:29:19 +1000, "David Bennetts"
wrote:


"Dave Proctor" wrote in message
.. .

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder (and that is in J).

Dave

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http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/

Agreed - I'm only too happy when I get off those 14 hour flights. The only
exception was last year's Singapore Airlines flight LHR - SIN when, because
of the SARS scare, there were so few pax that I grabbed the middle row of
four seats in the centre and lay across it. A full jumbo shoehorned into
cattle class can be murder on those lengthy sectors, at least a stop allows
you to get up and walk into the terminal for a stretch and change of
scenery, even if it adds an hour or two to the whole journey half way round
the globe.

Regards

David Bennetts



I agree. In fact, I am attempting to plan a trip at the moment with no
flights at night and none longer than about four hours, using only
one-world carriers.

So far I've got OOL-SYD-DAR-SIN-BKK-MUM-Dubai. Coming back you can't get
around the long 7 hr trek from Honolulu, but it looks like
LAX-HON-NAR-HKK-Denpasar-DAR-BRI-OOL.


Cheers, Alan
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 03:53:35 +1000, Dave Proctor
wrote:

Do you REALLY want to sit on an aircraft for 19 hours continuously? 14
hours SIN-LHR and SYD-LAX is bad enough, an extra 5 hours would be
murder

A 2 hour layover is bareable, 4 hours being a bit tiresome..

19 hours non-stop seems excellent..at least one is going
somewhere.. :-)) IMHO


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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:12:50 +1000, Alan
wrote:

I agree. In fact, I am attempting to plan a trip at the moment with no
flights at night and none longer than about four hours, using only
one-world carriers.

So far I've got OOL-SYD-DAR-SIN-BKK-MUM-Dubai.

How did you get from Mumbai to Dubai on OneWorld?

Dave

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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:12:50 +1000, Alan
wrote:

I agree. In fact, I am attempting to plan a trip at the moment with no
flights at night and none longer than about four hours, using only
one-world carriers.

So far I've got OOL-SYD-DAR-SIN-BKK-MUM-Dubai.

How did you get from Mumbai to Dubai on OneWorld?

Dave

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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:12:50 +1000, Alan
wrote:

I agree. In fact, I am attempting to plan a trip at the moment with no
flights at night and none longer than about four hours, using only
one-world carriers.

So far I've got OOL-SYD-DAR-SIN-BKK-MUM-Dubai.

How did you get from Mumbai to Dubai on OneWorld?

Dave

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http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/