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Qantas Group CEO, Alan Joyce (C) Qantas pilot, Captain Sean Golding (L) and Qantas Fleet Manager, Lisa Norman (R) speak to the media after completing a non-stop test flight from New York to Sydney at Sydney international airport on October 20, 2019. The Qantas Boeing 757 completed the flight, non-stop New York to Sydney in 19 hours and 15 minutes. (PETER PARKS / AFP)

October 20th, 2019 - 07:34 GMT

19-Hour New York-Sydney Flight is World's Longest Non-stop Journey

Qantas had made history after their longest non-stop commercial flight from New York successfully touched down in Sydney on Sunday morning. Flight QF7879 took off from New York's John F. Kennedy airport at 9pm on Saturday with 50 passengers and crew on board. The flight took 19 hours and 16 minutes and travelled 16,200 kilometres. It is the first of three test flights which aim to connect Australia to destinations ...