Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Qantas pilot, Captain Sean Golding arrive after completing a non-stop test flight from New York to Sydney at Sydney international airport on October 20, 2019. — AFP pic
The national flag carrier is operating the test flights—which also include one from London to Sydney—as it weighs a rollout of regular services on marathon routes from the United States and Britain to Australia. Qantas partnered with two Australian universities to monitor how jetlag affected the health of passengers and crew members as they crossed multiple time zones.
Professor Marie Carroll, a researcher from Sydney University who conducted the experiment, told AFP that she expected the innovative approach would result in “absolutely minimal” jetlag.
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