SINGAPORE: Ultra-long flights like the 17-hour non-stop service Australia’s Qantas is launching from Perth to London today are doing more than stretching aircraft ranges – they are lowering ticket prices for more conventional routes, data shows.
The latest round of global direct flights cost about 20% more than those with one or more stops, making them most popular with business travellers, agents say.
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