Australian Aviation

The French Air and Space Force (FASF) aircraft made the 16,000-kilometre journey with the aid of a multi-role tanker transport aircraft.

Turner said this year will only be one of “gradual recovery” as his business announced a $287.2 million loss for the 12 months to 30 June. Full-year revenue, however, more than doubled to $1 billion.

Four of the best aviation images from the past three months, including Air New Zealand 777s in the desert, the outgoing Heron drone and an F-35 in the dark.

It comes days after it was revealed domestic aviation in July suffered another record month for poor performance, with Qantas alone seeing just 45.3 per cent of flights depart on time.

The Flying Kangaroo currently travels via Singapore to the British capital and will soon fly via Auckland to New York. These could remain even after direct flights from Sydney launch in 2025.

It means the Flying Kangaroo will go head to head with Air New Zealand, which is starting its own 16-hour flight from the North Island on 17 September this year.