PERTH, MAR 25 (DNA) – Qantas on Saturday launched the first non-stop passenger service linking Australia and Europe, with a Boeing 787 Dreamliner departing Perth for London on one of the longest flights in the world.

The service makes Qantas one among a handful of airlines that operate on such long-distance intercontinental routes.

*Here are some of the world’s longest flights:*

Qatar Airways Flight 921 is currently the longest commercial journey in the world, flying passengers over 14,500 km (9,000 miles) from New Zealand to Qatar in nearly 18 hours on Boeing 777 airliners.