#TBT: Qantas flights between Sydney and London with stopovers in Mexico and the Caribbean (1965)

The first Qantas flight between Sydney and London was in December 1947. At the time, the operation had stopovers in Darwin, Singapore, Calcutta, Karachi, Cairo, Castel Bento and Rome. The entire service lasted more than 4 days, with 58 hours of flight time.

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During the following years the operation was reduced in duration, with the introduction of modern aircraft.

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The first non-stop Qantas flight between London and Sydney was on August 16th, 1989. This was not a regular service.

By 1989 Qantas was scheduled to commence non-stop operations on the above route in the late 1990s. Finally, the carrier inaugurated non-stop flights between England and Australia in 2018, but not to and from Sydney. Qantas promises to launch Sydney-London nonstop service in 2025.

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More than 50 years ago, Qantas operated between Sydney and London with Boeing 707s. One of its legs had stopovers in Mexico and the Caribbean. Mexico City, Acapulco, Nassau and Bermuda were part of the flight schedule.

Qantas flights between Sydney (SYD) and London (LHR) – Mexico and the Caribbean (1965)

• «Fiesta Route». That was Qantas’ name for the route between Sydney and London with stops in Mexico and the Caribbean.
• These flights were carried out in Boeing 707s.

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Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
QF 580	Sydney	20:00	Nadi	01:40 +1
QF 580	Nadi	02:25 +1	Papeete	08:35
QF 580	Papeete	23:00	Acapulco	10:50 +1
QF 580	Acapulco	11:50 +1	Mexico City	12:40 +1
QF 580	Mexico City	13:40 +1	Nassau	17:40 +1
QF 580	Nassau	18:25 +1	Bermuda	21:20 +1
QF 580	Bermuda	22:05 +1	London	09:30 +2

Flight	From	ETD	To	ETA
QF 581	London	13:45	Bermuda	16:05
QF 581	Bermuda	16:50	Nassau	18:00
QF 581	Nassau	18:45	Mexico City	20:45
QF 581	Mexico City	21:45	Acapulco	22:35
QF 581	Acapulco	23:35	Papeete	03:45 +1
QF 581	Papeete	04:45 +1	Nadi	07:20 +2
QF 581	Nadi	08:05 +2	Sydney	10:20 +2

Frequencies

• QF 580: Thursday.
• QF 581: Saturday.

Route map

Clarification: Qantas operated other routes between Sydney and London with different stopovers.

Sources

• Airline Timetables Images.
• London Air Travel.

See also: Qantas resumes flights between Perth and London.