Aviation

Qantas’ Boeing 787 flight from Buenos Aires will be one of its longest.

Qantas is about to embark on one of its longest-ever flights, a 14,683km (9,124 mile) non-stop journey from Buenos Aires to Darwin, with a detour via the South Pole.

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The flight, which is scheduled to leave the Argentine capital on Tuesday, October 5, is the latest in a series of special repatriation flights to help bring home Australians who have become stranded overseas, with their first stop in the Northern Territory’s Howard Springs quarantine camp.

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And it will be a long flight – even longer than Qantas’ flagship route from Perth to London (which could also end up being Darwin to London, at least in the short term, if Western Australia keeps its state borders locked tighter than a drum).

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The Perth-London marathon is the airline’s longest commercial service, with the Boeing 787-9 flying 14,498 kilometres – just 185 kilometres short of the Buenos Aires flight, which will also be handled by a red-tailed Dreamliner.

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Qantas’ Buenos Aires-Darwin repatriation flight is expected to take nearly 18 hours, which is the same amount of time as the proposed non-stop Project Sunrise flights between Sydney and London, which Qantas put on hold at the start of the pandemic but will reconsider by the end of 2021.

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Aviation

Boeing, Antonov to Collaborate on Defense Projects

– MOU represents Boeing’s commitment to work with Ukrainian industry

– Includes exploring opportunities for collaborating on in-country support of Unmanned Aerial Systems

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by Boeing and Antonov Company to investigate potential collaboration on defense-related projects.

“We’re happy to keep collaborating with the Antonov Company to help Ukraine’s economic development and expansion,” stated Ted Colbert, CEO and president of Boeing Defence, Space, & Security.

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“This agreement demonstrates our ongoing efforts to find more opportunities to work with Ukrainian industry, which was underscored by our signing of the Ukrainian Defence Industry Compact earlier this year.”

The areas of potential collaboration identified in the agreement consist of training, logistical support and overhaul services for tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems utilized by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which includes the ScanEagle. In addition, the companies will also explore opportunities for Antonov to provide engineering support to Boeing.

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“A strong, innovative, and efficient defense industry is key to sustainable economic development and national security, and we are extremely excited to collaborate with Boeing,” said Ievhen Gavrylov, CEO of Antonov Company.

This agreement brings a whole new level of opportunity to implement the latest and most effective solutions – in addition to the possibility of future projects with Boeing in the aerospace and defense industry.”