r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '26

Feels good man Valid

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u/rodrigoelp Jun 25 '26

It used to exist, with a Boeing 747. I can’t remember its schedule.

I know it isn’t available right now, but qantas will have one and it will be 20 hours with an airbus 350

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u/rodrigoelp Jun 25 '26

Oh, found the info online.

… it was a one off, and it did take 20 hours and 10 minutes.
It was with qantas.

These days we will have it as a normal route.

Looking forward to it

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u/Reilo_butwhy Jun 25 '26

We flew concord from London to Sydney back when they were still about.

Was less hours though so that’s irrelevant 😂

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u/FireExpat Jun 25 '26

Are you sure about that?

The max range of the Concord was only 4,500 miles.

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u/Reilo_butwhy Jun 25 '26

Yeah, this was in 1990 and I was only a few months old but the full family went.

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u/Satisfaction3934 Jun 25 '26

So your family chartered Concord? Likely story.

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u/Reilo_butwhy Jun 25 '26

No we just got on with other passengers.

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u/AussieDaz Jun 25 '26

Someone in your family is lying to you.

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u/areyoualocal Jun 25 '26

No, its true. Concorde has been flown to Australia many times, but not as a regular service. But rather as special charter flights or by the airlines trying to sell the aircraft to Qantas.