What Happened
Australian Airline Completes Over 24 Hours Nonstop
Qantas has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, flying an Airbus A350-1000ULR from Melbourne to Toulouse in over 24 hours. The flight was part of the in-flight test campaign for the A350-1000ULR, which will enable Qantas to operate nonstop flights between Sydney and London and between Sydney and New York. The record-breaking flight covered 12,503 nautical miles and had a flight duration of 24 hours and 24 minutes. This achievement was reported by Unknown Source.