澳航Qantas在8/25發佈的2017年財報中提到了
計畫在2022年啟動雪梨-倫敦與墨爾本-紐約直飛
並研議採購A350-900ULR或777X(777-8或777-9)
原文:
NEXT GENERATION OF DIRECT FLIGHTS
Qantas has announced it is investigating direct flights from the east coast
of Australia to London and New York by 2022. A challenge has been given to
Airbus and Boeing to give their next-generation aircraft currently under
development (Airbus’ A350ULR and Boeing’s 777X) the range to make these
non-stop flights possible with a full passenger load. A direct flight would
cut total journey time by up to four hours on Sydney-London and almost three
hours on Melbourne-New York.
SYD-LHR約9188nm
MEL-JFK約9015nm
以這個超長距離來說,A350-900ULR雖然號稱有9700nm
但MEL-JFK比SIN-JFK多了約730nm
參考SQ A350-900ULR計畫的162席應該是飛不到吧,必須要再減重才有辦法
波音計畫中的777-8的超長程版777-8L號稱有9480nm
帳面上比A350-900ULR行程短,但777飛超長程一向可靠
加上澳航787都選GEnx,777-8L出線機會也不小
澳航財報新聞稿
https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-group-full-year-2017-financial-result/
縮網址
http://tinyurl.com/y73kj6ss