Qantas airline non-stop flights from London to Australia go on sale

Tickets for Qantas’ highly anticipated non-stop service from London to Australia have gone on sale.

Passengers are now able to make the 9,000 mile journey in a single 17-hour stint – the first time a regular passenger service has directly linked Europe with Australia.

Tickets, which start at just over £1,095 return for economy class, went on sale on Thursday and flights will start on March 25, 2018.

The airline will use its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner planes, which carry 236 passengers, to ferry people between the London and Perth, in Western Australia.

Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce said: "When Qantas created the Kangaroo Route to London in 1947, it took four days and nine stops.

"Now it will take just 17 hours from Perth non-stop. The opportunities this opens up are huge.

"It's great news for travellers because it will make it easier to get to London. It's great news for Western Australia because it will bring jobs and tourism.”