Stay awake! Qantas tests jet lag cures, melatonin levels on the world's longest nonstop flight
Qantas pilots will provide urine sample and wear brain-monitoring devices to test fatigue levels.
The 10,000-mile trip, which takes off Friday night from New York, lands Sunday morning, local time, would be the world's longest nonstop flight and Qantas wants travelers to get on Sydney time as soon as possible. 787-9 as a laboratory, testing recipes, lighting schemes, temperatures and stretching exercises specially designed to combat jet lag on six volunteer passengers. They'll be seated in business class.Aircraft performance has improved in recent years and carriers are pushing the limits of ultra-long haul travel. Singapore Airlines last year resumedwith an 18 1/2-hour nonstop from Newark. Qantas in 2018 debuted a more than 17-hour flight from Perth in Western Australia to London.
Researchers from the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Center polled some 500 passengers on Qantas' routes longer than nine hours about their sleep strategies and found that 54% used ear plugs or noise canceling headphones, 38% drank alcohol, which scientists say makes jet lag worse because of dehydration, and 10% took sleeping pills.The flight departs around 9 p.m. from New York, but Qantas plans to keep travelers awake for around six hours longer, by delaying meal service.
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