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Australia, France

Airbus completed a test flight lasting more than 24 hours

On the 28th, a modified A350-1000ULR passenger aircraft flew directly from Melbourne, Australia to Toulouse, France. Qantas has ordered twelve aircraft of this type and plans to introduce them on a daily non-stop service between Sydney and London from 2027. Airbus said the aircraft flew continuously for 24 hours and 24 minutes, covering 23,075 kilometres. Flight-tracking service Flightradar24 said the flight attracted the second-highest number of tracking requests in the platform’s history, surpassed only by the flight that carried the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.

Source: Deutsche Welle