HOWELL: There is white snow and black ice there. Take a look, but right now, what you're looking at, orange snow in parts of Russia and Eastern Europe now.</s>CHURCH: Yes, meteorologist say, this happened because of a part of sandstorm that blew in from northern Africa. One skier said it look like Mars.</s>HOWELL: It's interesting, I think the people -- snow is well yes. Flying from Australia to London usually requires long stopovers and nearly a full day of travel. But now, one airline has found a way to make that trip a little easier.</s>ALAN JOYCE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, QANTAS: It's a historic day for aviation, a historic day for Qantas. Because today, it will be the first link to train Australia and Europe as I have recurred non-stop in aviation. We're so excited.</s>CHURCH: On Sunday, a conscious planes accessibly completed a direct flight from Perth to Heathrow. It took 17 hours, nearly three hours fewer than the regular route. The plane travel just shy of 15,000 kilometers. That's more than 9300 miles.</s>HOWELL: The colorful entourage greeted the boarding Dreamliner passengers at Heathrow Airport. Some said the direct flight made travel lot easier.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Excellent, really good. Yes, space big different spanning all the way through a non-stop. It turned quite a few flight inspectors and</s>CHURCH: And Australian officials hope access to direct flights will encourage more tourist to visit the country. Waiting for the Atlanta, straight to Sydney flight.</s>HOWELL: That would be a nice flight.</s>CHURCH: And the next one, right?</s>HOWELL: The next hour of CNN NEWSROOM, still ahead. I'm George Howell.</s>CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church. We'll be right back with another hour of CNN NEWSROOM. Don't go anywhere.
Orange Snow Covers Parts Or Russia & Eastern Europe; First Australia To Britain Direct Flight.