Qantas squeezes Airbus and Boeing over aircraft for ultralong nonstop flights

Qantas flight QF7879 lands at Sydney Airport on November 15, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The 19 hour 19 minute flight was restricted to 50 people, including 10 crew, to increase aircraft range, and included medical scientists and health experts on board to conduct studies in the cockpit and the cabin to help determine strategies to promote long haul inflight health and wellbeing on ultra-long haul flights.

“We asked them to go back and relook at that, to sharpen their pencils, because there still was a gap there,” Qantas International CEO Tino La Spina told an investor briefing on Tuesday after Qantas outlined plans for capital spending to average A$2bn a year. Qantas is looking to replace its ageing fleet over the medium term and said it expects capacity growth in the domestic market to be near-flat in the current half.

Qantas is examining an initial order for 12 aircraft, a source familiar with the matter, who was not authorised to speak to the media, told Reuters.

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