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The airline Qantas will make a special flight to see the lunar eclipse and supermoon that will take place at the end of this May 2021. Qantas press photo.
Given the maintenance of the closure of borders for international flights by the Government of Australia with a single active route with New Zealand, airlines should fly their planes wherever they can.
In this way, The need has generated flights "to nowhere" or flights over certain tourist spots for the enjoyment of select groups of travelers..
Just as Qantas will carry out a panoramic flight to see the supermoon in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to offer a limited number of passengers a closer view of the eclipse that will occur later this month.
It will be the second and last supermoon of the 2021 and also coincides with a full lunar eclipse, which makes it a doubly exotic phenomenon, and the moon is expected to turn red against the night sky.
The CSIRO Astronomer, the dr. Vanessa Moss, will work with pilots to design the optimal flight path over the Pacific Ocean and will also join the flight to provide information on supermoons and all things space and astronomy..
The flight will depart and return to Sydney and is the latest in a series of special flights Qantas has operated for travelers eager to fly as the industry recovers and borders open.
The director of customer service, Stephanie Tully, said Qantas is committed to creating unique flight experiences, 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 keep telling us they want more”, said Mrs.. Tully.
“We are very excited to now go on a supermoon scenic flight and the 787 it has the largest windows of any airliner, so it is ideal to observe this phenomenon."
The three-hour flight will depart from Sydney and begin with a scenic flyover of Sydney Harbor before ascending above any possible cloud cover and air pollution to a cruising altitude of 43,000 pies, the maximum cruising altitude of a Dreamliner, for the supermoon and full lunar eclipse.
The Moon will be at its closest point, a 357,311 kilometers from Earth at 11:50 am AEST on Wednesday 26 of May. The total lunar eclipse will occur between 9:11 pm and 9:25 pm AEST, when the moon is at 357,462 miles from Earth.
The flight will operate with net zero emissions, with compensation of 100% of carbon emissions.
A little more of 100 seats are on sale on Qantas.com from Wednesday 12 May 2021 with rates starting from $499 for economy class, $899 for premium economy class and $1,499 for businesses.
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