The worst parts about holidays are the highly-stressful airport trips and the small price you have to pay to go on them.
Despite this, Australian airline Qantas is offering people the same experience but without the actual, fun holiday.
Qantas airline has created a seven-hour flight to nowhere, and it sounds like a great way to waste $3,787 AUD ($2,770 in USD) and to add up to the insanity, the 134 tickets that were available sold out in just ten minutes!
While it is absolutely absurd, the airline is promising optimal views of iconic Australian landmarks during the flight that loops around the most scenic parts of the country.
The seven-hour flight will take in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and New South Wales including the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Kata Tjuta, Byron Bay, and Sydney Harbour.
“Depart from Sydney and fly up the New South Wales coast before crossing the Queensland border for a flyby of the Gold Coast and then up the Queensland coast to the Great Barrier Reef.point 408 |
The aircraft will then track across Australia to do low-level flybys of Uluru and Kata Tjuta before heading back to Sydney for a late afternoon flyover of Sydney Harbour and Bondi Beach,” The description for the flight reads.point 192 | point 192 | 1
“Note: the flight path is subject to change due to weather conditions on the day and there may be an alternative flight path which may not take in all these sights.”
Out of the 134 sold out tickets, there were six business class tickets available, 24 premium economy and 104 economy tickets. Economy was priced at $787 AUD ($576.00) compared to premium economy being $1,787 AUD ($1,307.00) each. Meanwhile, an exclusive business ticket will have set you back $3,787 AUD ($2,772.00).
Some people find it the flight to nowhere is ultimately pointless, with many pointing out the harmful environmental effects the unnecessary flight will have.
“1) flying is the single worst thing you can do, to harm the environment. 2) this is beyond insipid and these people need to try reading a book?!?!?!?”
“So people are paying to do the one part of a trip that people would pay *not* to do…’, while someone else joked, ‘People just want to feel like they’re leaving earth at this point.”
‘‘How does this make sense? All the bad for the environment with none of the benefits of getting somewhere.”