ExpeditionOz Services blog » Antarctica http://www.expeditionoz.com/blog Where the Journey is more important than the destination...usually. Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:00:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Fly to Antarctica and back http://www.expeditionoz.com/blog/2008/01/11/fly-to-antarctica-and-back http://www.expeditionoz.com/blog/2008/01/11/fly-to-antarctica-and-back#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:54:09 +0000 Mick http://www.expeditionoz.com/blog/2008/01/11/fly-to-antarctica-and-back Cool…the first passenger flight between Australia and Antarctica touched down in Hobart at 10:15 am this morning after landing at the Wilkins runway (which is located 70 kilometres from Casey Station) earlier in the day. The return flight, in an Airbus 319, takes takes about nine hours.

More info at the the ABC News website and no doubt something will also appear at the Australian Antarctic Division air transport web page shortly as well.

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