LONDON - The first scheduled non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has touched down in London's Heathrow Airport.
Qantas Flight QF9 completed its 14,498km (9,009-mile) journey from Perth in just over 17 hours.
The airline is using the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which is twice as fuel-efficient as the Boeing 747.
It is part of ambitious plans by Qantas to add ultra long-haul flights to its schedules.
The Australian flag carrier's Chief Executive, Alan Joyce, has called the new Perth-London service a "game-changing route".(FA)
