Ndege yoyamba yosayima pakati pa Australia ndi UK yafika pa eyapoti ya Heathrow ku London. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner yonyamula anthu oposa 230 ndi ogwira ntchito adamaliza ulendo wawo wa 14,498km (9,009-mile) kuchokera ku Perth m'maola 17.

A Captain Lisa Norman, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege anayi omwe adakwera ndegeyi, adauza omwe adakwera ndege ya Qantas Flight QF9 atagwidwa: ku UK komwe sikunachitikepo. ”

Ndege yodziwika bwino ndiyakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi pambuyo poti ndege ya Qatar Airways ikuchokera ku Doha kupita ku Auckland, yomwe imayenda ma 14,535km (9,032 miles), imatha maola 16 ndikudutsa nthawi 10.

Mtsogoleri wa Qantas Alan Joyce adati kuyenda bwino kwa njira ya Perth-London kungapangitse kuti pakhale njira zouluka kuchokera ku Perth kupita ku Paris.

Atafika ku London Heathrow pa 05.05 lero, Qantas adapatsidwa mphotho ya anna.aero "Platinum Planet Prize", mphotho yovomereza njira yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi yopanda malire yochokera ku Australia kupita ku Europe.

Pomwe Qantas wakhala akutumikira Heathrow kuyambira zaka za m'ma 1940, aka ndi koyamba kuti wonyamulirayo athe kulumikizana ndi makontinenti akutali popanda mtundu uliwonse wamaimidwe oyimitsa mafuta panjira.

Mphotoyi idaperekedwa mwalamulo kwa wamkulu wa Qantas Alan Joyce pofika ku London ndi Wofalitsa wa anna.aero, Paul Hogan (osati Crocodile Dundee - ndiye dzina lake lenileni).

Alan Joyce, CEO wa Qantas adati: "Qantas yakhala ikukonzekera njira yatsopanoyi, yolemba mbiri, kwazaka pafupifupi zana limodzi kuyambira pomwe tidakhazikitsidwa mu 1921. Tsopano, pofika ku London, ndikupereka anna.aero Platinum Mphoto ya Planet, njira yatsopanoyi ndi njira yopambanitsira nthawi yomweyo. Ndilandira ulemuwu m'malo mwa Qantas, koma ndikupereka kwa anthu onse omwe atumizira ndege yayikuluyi m'mbiri yawo yonse, ndipo agwirapo ntchito mosalekeza popereka njira yoyamba yosayima pakati pa Australia ndi London. ”

A Simon Eastburn, Director of Airline Business Development ku Heathrow, adati: "Ndife okondwa kukhala tikuthandizira kulumikizana koyamba pakati pa Europe ndi Australia, nthawi yopambana, pamsewu wotchuka kwambiri. Takhala tikupanga terminal 3 kuti tibweretse okwera zokumana nazo zatsopano komanso zosangalatsa ndipo ntchito yatsopanoyi yochokera ku Qantas imathandizira kuti, kukhala yopindulitsa kwenikweni kwa alendo, mabanja komanso oyenda mabizinesi chimodzimodzi. ”

Perth Airport Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Brown, adati: Ndege yotsegulira ku Qantas yopita ku London ndi nthawi yosaiwalika ku Western Australia, popeza Perth sikungokhala khomo lolowera ku United Kingdom koma Western Hub yaku Australia. "Ndife okondwa kuti ntchito yoyamba padziko lonse lapansi ikuchitika ku Perth Airport ndipo idzagwirizanitsa anthu kudziko lodzaza ndi mwayi," adatero Mr Brown.

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Ndivomera ulemuwu m'malo mwa Qantas, koma ndikuupereka kwa anthu onse omwe akhala akutumikira ndege yayikuluyi m'mbiri yake yonse, komanso omwe agwira ntchito mosalekeza popereka njira yoyamba yosayima pakati pa Australia ndi London.
“Ndikufuna ndikulandireni ku bukhu la mbiri ya zandege… Lero tili paulendo wapaulendo wodabwitsa uwu womwe ndi ulendo wachangu kwambiri pakati pa Australia ndi UK kuposa kale lonse.
Ulendo wotsegulira wa Qantas wopita ku London ndi nthawi yodziwika bwino ku Western Australia, chifukwa Perth sakhala khomo lolowera ku United Kingdom komanso Western Hub yaku Australia.