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Why Qantas Quietly Killed Its Nonstop Perth-London Flight In 2026
On March 25 2018, the Australian flag carrier Qantas wrote aviation history by becoming the first airline to commence direct non-stop flights between Australia and Europe with a route from Perth International Airport(PER) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). This historic event marked the first time travelers between Europe and Oceania could fly without a stopover or transfer.
It also meant that all the world's inhabited continents were connected by a non-stop flight in one form or another. On the roughly 17-hour flights, which operated under the flight numbers QF9 and QF10, Qantas deployed a 236-seat Boeing 787-9
Since the route stretches over 9,000 miles (14.484 km), the aircraft type's capabilities are pushed to an extreme as Boeing officially lists the 787-9s range at 8,705 miles (14.010 km). Unsurprisingly, this comes with necessary weight restrictions, explaining why Qantas seats only 236 passengers on board an aircraft marketed to seat 290 guests.
Air India Resumes Osaka Service From Feb 2027
Air India today (15OCT26) announced service resumption to Osaka, last served until September 2019. The Star Alliance member plans to operate Delhi – Osaka Kansai route 4 times weekly from 02FEB27, with 787-8.AI360 DEL2250 – 0950+1KIX 788 x135AI361 KIX1150 – 1820DEL 788 x246Air India previously operated Mumbai – Delhi – Hong Kong – Osaka Kansai routing.The following is Air India’s Japan schedule from Northern winter 1976/77 season.
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Planning a trip to Japan? Air India to start 1st-ever non-stop flights between Delhi and Osaka from February
Japan's famed “Golden Route”—a cultural and culinary trail encompassing Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka—came with one big hurdle for Indian travellers: having to backtrack hundreds of miles to Tokyo just to catch a flight home.
However, to address this logistical hurdle, Air India has announced it will launch the first-ever nonstop flights between New Delhi and Osaka’s Kansai International Airport starting early next year.
Operating four times a week, starting 2 February 2027, the new route will make Air India the sole carrier connecting New Delhi directly to Japan’s second-largest metropolitan area.
Osaka will become the airline's second Japanese destination after Tokyo (Haneda), where it currently operates daily flights from Delhi and four-weekly flights from Mumbai.
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