Airbus A350‑1000ULR Sets 24‑Hour Non‑Stop Record for Qantas Project Sunrise

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• [● 5 SOURCES] The Airbus A350‑1000ULR completed a non‑stop flight from Melbourne to Toulouse lasting 24 hours and 24 minutes. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] Flightradar24 monitored the long‑duration flight, attracting up to 125 000 concurrent viewers. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] The test aircraft carried six pilots and five engineers, with no passengers, and several tonnes of measurement equipment on board. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] A second proving flight from Toulouse to Melbourne lasted 19 hours 12 minutes, covering about 17 000 km. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] Qantas plans to start regular Sydney‑London service by October next year, followed later by Sydney‑New York. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] The flight set a new record for the longest non‑stop flight by a passenger aircraft, surpassing the 2005 Boeing 777‑200LR record. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] The test flight is part of Qantas' Project Sunrise, which aims to launch direct non‑stop Sydney‑London and Sydney‑New York services. (All articles)
• [● 5 SOURCES] The aircraft was specially modified with an additional central fuel tank of about 20 000 litres, a higher maximum take‑off weight and Rolls‑Royce Trent XWB‑97 engines. (All articles)
• [● 3 SOURCES] The aircraft is the first A350‑1000ULR built for Qantas, registered F‑WULR, and equipped with an additional central fuel tank of about 20 000 litres.
• [● 5 SOURCES] Airbus A350‑1000ULR completed a nonstop flight from Melbourne to Toulouse lasting 24 hours 24 minutes. (46e67474-862b-45d0-bc18-0db61d0fefab,d9145f88-746e-4224-86d1-ea0b23921ed3,1ac3fd4a-dfce-453d-8d77-560e1dbcac4b,eda49744c)
• [● 4 SOURCES] The flight set a new record for the longest nonstop passenger aircraft flight, surpassing the 2005 Boeing 777‑200LR record of 22 hours 42 minutes.
• [● 3 SOURCES] The test flight carried six pilots, five engineers, and several tonnes of measurement equipment, with no passengers aboard.