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Ultra-Long-Haul Jets Will Survive $100 Oil
A 19-hour flight is important to premium passengers. The cost isn’t.
Qantas’s inaugural 787 Dreamliner flight from Perth to London takes off March 24, 2018.
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The aviation industry’s perennial bad judgment in forecasting oil prices seems to be about to land it in trouble again.
A generation of ultra-long-haul aircraft, designed to allow airlines to bypass global hubs and fly nonstop between almost any two points on earth, are coming into service after years in development.