British Airways is to resume flights between London and Sydney next month for the first time in nearly two years.
The carrier, which has not flown to the Australian city since April 2020, will restart services from Heathrow to Sydney on 27 March.
BA said it was restoring the route after the Australian government announced the reopening of its border to international travellers from 21 February.
The airline’s daily London-Sydney service will depart Heathrow at 9.25pm for arrival in Sydney at 6.10am two days later. The return flight, starting on 29 March, leaves Sydney at 3.30pm and arrives at Heathrow at 5.10am the following day.
Noella Ferns, BA’s head of sales, Asia Pacific, said: “We can’t wait to welcome our customers back on board our Sydney to London flights.
“The safety of our customers and colleagues has always been at the heart of everything we do. We know some customers won’t have flown for a long time, and we can assure them we have a range of Covid-19 measures in place to provide stress and hassle-free travel.”
Australian airline Qantas has already restarted its flights between London and Sydney.