Nine years ago, Qantas challenged Airbus and Boeing to create an aircraft capable of flying from Australia’s East Coast to anywhere in the world, nonstop. Airbus responded by building the A350-1000ULR, outfitted with a fifth fuel tank to enable long-distance flying of up to 22 hours nonstop.

Now, Qantas has announced that this aircraft will be wheels up with the world’s first nonstop flight between Sydney and London debuting in October 2027. Dubbed “Project Sunrise,” a Sydney-New York route is also coming next year.

Along with the game-changing engineering design, the A350-1000ULR will transport 238 passengers across four cabins (including a…

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