VANIER: Welcome back. Seventeen hours and just shy of 15,000 kilometers, Australia's first direct flight to London is now complete with a colorful entourage greeting the Boeing Dreamliner passengers at Heathrow Airport. Some of the fliers on board this first Qantas flight described a smooth ride.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Excellent, really good, yes, it's a big difference going all the way through, nonstop.</s>ALLEN (voice-over): Think of the movies you can watch.</s>VANIER: Good sleep --</s>ALLEN: -- officials say the direct approach to London flight plane kept throughout, as we just heard from that traveler, three hours off the usual route, which requires stopovers in either Singapore or the Middle East. Let's hope look happy to be on their feet again.</s>VANIER: Must be at least seven movies.</s>ALLEN: Yes, I think so. That's a lot of cookies. That is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Natalie Allen.</s>VANIER: I'm Cyril Vanier. It's probably closer to eight or nine movies. Not very good at math. "WORLD SPORT" up next. We will be back at the top of the hour with more news from around the world. You're watching CNN. Stay with us.</s>ALLEN: See you soon.
First Australia to Britain Direct Flight.