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A COVID-19 repatriation flight due to arrive in Darwin from Buenos Aires tonight will set a new record for the longest commercial flight ever operated by Qantas.
Key points:
Passengers will be in the air for nearly 18 hours before touching down at Darwin Airport this evening after travelling 14,683 kilometres.
- The 18-hour flight from Argentina will touch down in Darwin this evening
- It will make Darwin airport the first in the country to receive non-stop flights from all six inhabited continents
- An announcement on the possibility of rerouting Qantas's London flight through Darwin is expected within days
A repatriation flight swinging past Antarctica has broken some records on its way to Darwin
A COVID-19 repatriation flight due to arrive in Darwin from Buenos Aires tonight will set a new record for the longest commercial flight ever operated by Qantas.www.abc.net.au
This is the part that I find really interesting:
"They are going to be flying over parts so remote they could well be the first people to ever see that part of the world."