Australia news live: Qantas’ new ultra-long-range test plane to land in Melbourne after 19-hour odyssey from Toulouse
Qantas’s Project Sunrise plans for nonstop services between Sydney and London have been delayed multiple times in previous years but flights are scheduled to start in October 2027.The route of a non-stop test flight from Toulouse to Melbourne of a new Qantas Airbus A350–1000 ultra-long-range plane. Photograph: Flightradar24ShareUpdated at 17.38 EDT
- ▪Qantas’s Project Sunrise plans for nonstop services between Sydney and London have been delayed multiple times in previous years but flights are scheduled to start in October 2027.The route of a non-stop test flight from Toulouse to Melbour
- ▪Photograph: Flightradar24ShareUpdated at 17.38 EDT
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17.19 EDTQantas’s ultra long-distance plane to land in Melbourne after 19-hour test flightA plane custom designed to complete some of the longest commercial flights in the world will land in Australia after embarking on a nonstop journey from Toulouse, France.The Airbus A350-1000ULR, built for Qantas to fly about 20 hours non-stop between Sydney and London, is set to arrive in Melbourne on Friday morning as it completes its 19-hour trip.The journey has attracted significant attention from plane and transport enthusiasts, with more than 12,000 people following its path on flightradar24.com.
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