the airínea Qantas hairá a special flight to see the lunar eclipse and supermoon that will occurá at the end of this May 2021. Qantas press photo.
Given the maintenance of the closure of borders for international flights by the Australian Government with a úonly active route with New Zealand, the aerosolsíneas must fly their planes in dówherever possible.
In this way, necessity has generated flights «towards ningún place» or flights over certain tourist pointsíseats for the enjoyment of select groups of travelers.
Así así how Qantas performá a panoramic flightámonkey to see the supermoon in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to offer to aúlimited group of passengers a visión más close to the eclipse that will occurá at the end of this month.
To beá the second and úlast supermoon of 2021 and alsoén coincides with a complete lunar eclipse, which makes it a fenóless doubly exótico, and the moon is expected to turn red against the night sky.
The astróCSIRO name, the dr. Vanessa Moss, worká with the pilots to designñar the flight path óoptimal over the Océanus Pacífico and alsoén uniteá on the flight to provide informationón about supermoons and everything related to space and astronomyía.
The flight departsá and returná a Sydney and it is the úlatest in a series of special flights Qantas has operated for travelers eager to fly as the industry recovers and borders open.
The care directorón to the client, Stephanie Tully, said Qantas is committed to creating flight experiences úunique, especially when travel options are limited.
“We are absolutely overwhelmed with the popularity of our special flights. The recent mystery flights sold out in 15 minutes with hundreds of people on waiting lists and they continue to sayételling us that they want meás ”, said Mrs.. Tully.
“We are very excited to now make a panoramic flightámonkey for supermoon and the 787 It has windowsás largest of all passenger aircraft, so it is ideal to observe this phenomenonóless.»
The three-hour flight departsá from Sydney and startá with a panoramic flyoveráview of Sydney Harbor before ascending above any possible cloud cover and pollution.ón atmosphereérich at a cruising altitude of 43,000 pies, the altitude máDreamliner cruise xima, for the supermoon and full lunar eclipse.
The Moon will beá at its point más they seek, a 357,311 kilómeters from the Earth at 11:50 am AEST del miércoles 26 of May. The total lunar eclipse will occurá between the 9:11 pm and 9:25 pm AEST, when the moon isé a 357,462 miles from Earth.
The flight operateá with zero net emissions, compensate us with oneón of the 100% of carbon emissions.
A little más de 100 asientos isán on sale on Qantas.com from myércoles 12 May 2021 with rates starting from $499 for economy classómica, $899 for economy classómica premium y $1,499 for businesses.
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