{"id":21153,"date":"2019-11-17T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/19-hour-london-to-sydney-test-flight-shows-how-to-make-long-hauls-tolerable\/"},"modified":"2019-11-17T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T20:54:14","slug":"19-hour-london-to-sydney-test-flight-shows-how-to-make-long-hauls-tolerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/19-hour-london-to-sydney-test-flight-shows-how-to-make-long-hauls-tolerable\/","title":{"rendered":"19-Hour London To Sydney ‘Test Flight’ Shows How To Make Long Hauls Tolerable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Australian airline Qantas is exploring new nonstop flights that would be the world’s longest \u2014 but 19-plus hours on a plane can be taxing for those on board.<\/p>\n

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Passengers on board Qantas flight 7879 took off from London early Thursday morning and arrived in Sydney a bit after noon on Friday \u2014 19 hours and 19 minutes in the air.<\/p>\n

So how do you keep people on board from going crazy \u2014 or getting deep-vein thrombosis \u2014 while they’re cooped up that long?<\/p>\n

The Australian airline’s approach on the 11,000 mile flight<\/a> was to design the meals and lighting carefully, get passengers out of their seats, and focus on the remarkable: two sunrises in one day. <\/p>\n

In addition to Sydney, Qantas is exploring a number of new nonstop flight routes that would be longer than any currently operating, including from New York and London to Melbourne and Brisbane. And so, the 52 people on board \u2013 largely employees of the airline, along with some journalists \u2013 were guinea pigs.<\/p>\n

Last month, Qantas landed<\/a> the first nonstop commercial airline flight from New York to Sydney. That flight took 19 hours, 16 minutes. The carrier says that flight saved passengers three hours over the normal routing, which includes a stop.<\/p>\n

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Replay yesterday’s record-breaking non-stop flight from @HeathrowAirport<\/a> to @SydneyAirport<\/a> by @Qantas<\/a> as part of their #ProjectSunrise<\/a> test flights. And learn more about what happens aboard the test flights. https:\/\/t.co\/pCazPpvn6P<\/a> #QF7879<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LJKD7TDygD<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jet-lag researchers at the University of Sydney put into practice a number of strategies<\/a> on the flight related to light, food, and exercise.<\/p>\n