How much will Qantas charge for non-stop flights to London?

Qantas is on track to launch non-stop flights between Sydney and London next year, with an ultra-long range version of the Airbus A350 jetliner tackling the 17,000km route in around 20 hours.

The long-awaited Project Sunrise promises a new dawn for the Kangaroo Route, which over the decades has been whittled down from a 12-day journey of 31 stops to today’s single-stopover routes via Singapore and Perth.

From 2027, that stopover will be obsolete – passengers boarding the A350 in Sydney or Melbourne will reach London in one mighty, globe-striding bound.

So how much will it cost to make the trip to (or from) London in that single long leap?

Non-stop flights at a possibly heart-stopping price?

Qantas International CEO Cam Wallace has previously told Executive Traveller the airline expects to levy “a 20% premium” for tickets on these non-stop flights, compared to the current stopover routes.

And he’s confident passengers will pony up the Project Sunrise premium, based on similar tariffs applied to the lengthy Perth-London, Melbourne-Dallas and Sydney-Auckland-New York flights, which he describes as ‘Sunrise Lite’.

“That’s been a premium that our customers have been willing to pay,” he reflects, adding that the airline’s “load factor, yields and returns (have) been really, really excellent” for Perth-London.

How much will Project Sunrise tickets cost?

Looking ahead to late April 2027 – just after the Easter holiday rush, and as far ahead as the Qantas schedule goes at the time of writing – we’ve estimated the non-stop Project Sunrise fares across all four of the A350’s travel classes, assuming a 20% premium over the comparable Sydney-Singapore-London A380 route.

Based on those sums, Qantas’ new A350 first class suites will be among the most expensive real estate in the skies, selling for upwards of $14,000 one-way.

Qantas A350 first class.

Each of the six private suites is framed by 1.4m-high walls, contains a separate reclining 22"-wide armchair and lie-flat 2 metre bed.

Qantas A350 first class.

Boasting a footprint more than 50% larger than their A380 equivalents, there’s a personal wardrobe plus in-suite space for your cabin and companion dining in ‘table-for-two’ mode.

Qantas A350 first class.

Business class will be more ‘affordable’, if that adjective can be applied to a possible $10,000 airfare – which is, again, based on a 20% uplift from a one-way Sydney-London A380 business class trip at the end of April 2027.

Qantas A350 business class.

That’ll buy you 20 hours in Qantas’ best-ever business class: a cosy suite with 47" walls and sliding privacy door, where the 25"-wide seat folds down into a 2 metre bed.

Qantas A350 business class.

Each Qantas A350 business suite also comes with multiple handy storage nooks, an 18" video screen with Bluetooth audio, plus four charging outlets – AC, USB-C, USB-A and wireless.

Qantas A350 business class.

Further down the back of the (Air)bus, a non-stop Qantas flight between Sydney and London in the A350’s extra-legroom premium economy seats could land at around $4,000 each way (calculated as 20% above the average late-April 2027 pricing for the Sydney-Singapore-London A380).

Qantas A350 premium economy.

Nestled within their own dedicated cabin, these sculpted recliners will be set at a 40" pitch – two inches more than on the Qantas A380s and 787s – with ‘privacy wings’, a 13.3" 4K video screen with Bluetooth streaming and USB-C power.

Qantas A350 premium economy.

And for those brave enough to make a 20-hour flight in economy, you could be looking at around $1,600 each way.

Qantas A350 economy.

That’s a relatively small impost on the $1,700 sticker for one-way economy on the Qantas A380 via Singapore, and it gets you a seat with 33" pitch (one inch above the A380 and 787) plus the same 13.3" screen and USB-C outlets as premium economy.

Qantas A350 Wellbeing Zone.

Add access to the inflight ‘Wellbeing Zone’ where you can stand and stretch, or just chat with fellow passengers to pass the time and break up the journey, and it almost starts to sound bearable...

Points redemption on Project Sunrise flights

If you’d rather pay for your Project Sunrise flight with Qantas Points, they’ll fall within the same distance range as current Qantas flights to New York (via Auckland) and London (via Perth or Singapore).

This sees a Classic Flight Reward seat costing 227,800 points for first class suites; 151,800 points for a business class berth; 113,900 points in premium economy; or 58,900 points in economy.

Of course, nobody expects Qantas to flood the market with low-rate Classic Flight Reward seats on Project Sunrise flights – especially not in the rarefied realms of first class, where there are only six suites to begin with.

It’s also not beyond the realm of possibility that Qantas’ frequent flyer arm could apply its own Project Sunrise premium on Classic Flight Reward rates, reflecting the higher cash price and passenger appeal.

And Classic Plus seats will certainly be available, with the number of points tied to the going price for tickets.