Flight test: Qantas' first Dreamliner flight takes off

By Kylie McLaughlin
Updated December 20 2017 - 11:48am, first published 11:45am

It might be Christmas, but that's not the reason there's a festival feel on this Qantas flight - it's their first Dreamliner's maiden voyage to Los Angeles. Rollerskate-wearing staff give every passenger Mickey Mouse ears, mobile phone covers courtesy Visit California, LA caps and chocolate, plus they get a chance to win a shopping trip to Los Angeles. The plane gets a water salute before take-off, which is running a little late.

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