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<\/p>\nAn A350 jet being developed for record-setting commercial flights landed in France from Melbourne on Tuesday after Airbus completed a test flight lasting more than 24 hours, drawing heavy attention from online flight trackers.<\/p>\n
The test marks a key step in Qantas’ Project Sunrise, which \u200baims to launch the world’s \u200blongest commercial \u2060passenger services and reshape long-haul travel by eliminating stopovers between Australia and Europe.<\/p>\n
The specially adapted A350-1000ULR airliner is due to debut with the Australian carrier’s nonstop Sydney-London route from 2027. Airbus has been conducting a two-month test campaign on the aircraft since June.<\/p>\n
Airbus said the aircraft, which boasts a specially designed extra fuel tank, remained in the air for 24 hours \u2060and \u206024 minutes, covering 23,075 kilometers (14,338 miles) without stopping, before landing at the plane’s factory in Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n
Flight-tracking provider Flightradar24 said the trip was the second-most-tracked flight ever on its channels, behind a 2024 flight carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin, with more than 3.6 million people following its progress northward via Canada.<\/p>\n
In 2005, a \u2060Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner flew 21,601.7 km from Hong Kong to London in 22 hours and 42 minutes.<\/p>\n
Qantas has ordered \u200b12 modified A350-1000ULR aircraft, designed to connect Australia’s east coast \u200bwith London and New York in about 20 hours. The services aim to turn what \u2060was \u200conce a five-day \u200cjourney on the “Kangaroo Route” to London \u2060into a single flight lasting \u200c19 to 21 hours, depending on routing and winds.<\/p>\n
The first \u200baircraft, which carries 20,000 \u2060liters of fuel and can seat \u2060238 passengers, is due for delivery in April \u20602027. Qantas expects to \u200boperate daily nonstop flights between Sydney and London from October 2027.<\/p>\n
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