Qantas confirmed the launch of its first Project Sunrise route, a milestone for the airline and commercial aviation. The Australian airline will begin operating nonstop flights between Sydney and London Heathrow as of October 2027 using Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft. These ultra-long-haul services will operate alongside Qantas’s current routes in the Australia–United Kingdom market, which are Perth–London and Sydney–Singapore–London, with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and Airbus A380s, respectively. As announced by Qantas, Project Sunrise’s Sydney–London flights will go on sale effective…