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Sunday, 25 March 2018

BBC News

• Jet makes history on Australia-UK routeThe first scheduled non-stop flight to the UK takes 17 hours to reach London's Heathrow Airport.

Financial Times

• Qantas pushes boundaries with 17-hour ‘kangaroo route’Airline plans more ultra-long-hauls as it launches direct flight from Australia to UK

The Guardian

• First non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to Britain lands after 17 hoursQantas flight QF9 makes history as it arrives at Heathrow, London, after a direct journey from Perth, Western Australia. The first non-stop scheduled flight from Australia to the UK has landed in London early“ after a 17 hour, six minute journey across 9,240 miles (14,875km) from Perth.Qantas flight QF9, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with more than 230 passengers and crew on board, touched down at 5.03am at Heathrow on a chilly Sunday morning to a welcome from ground staff.

The Telegraph

• First non-stop flight from Australia to UK arrives in London on 'historic day for aviation'

London Evening Standard

• BBC journalist Frank Gardner criticises Heathrow for 'mistreating disabled customers'Journalist Frank Gardner has hit out at Heathrow airport after being kept on a plane for nearly two hours after staff claimed to have lost his wheelchair.
• Qantas Airways flight QF9: First non-stop flight from Australia to UK lands at HeathrowThe first direct flight from Australia to the UK has landed at Heathrow airport after an epic 17-hour flight.

Manchester Evening News

• 'It was unbelievable': EasyJet passenger describes vile scenes at 30,000ft as drunk women cause chaos on holiday jet 'We were all trapped in there with them. It was awful'

Other News Sources

• Gatwick Airport launches driverless vehicle trialA groundbreaking project at Gatwick Airport will see workers use driverless vehicles to get between popular locations on the area.
• Heathrow plans needed to keep Britain trading, says FTAWith the British economy under more scrutiny than ever before thanks to the potential impact of Brexit, the Freight Transport Association (FTA), ...