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It carried no passengers, only test instrumentation and a hand-picked Airbus crew. It also carried a title: the longest-range airliner ever built.<\/p><p>This was the maiden flight of the A350-1000ULR \u2014 Ultra Long Range \u2014 registration MSN 707, the first of twelve such aircraft Airbus is building for Qantas. After three hours and 43 minutes aloft, it had begun the job it was designed for: erasing the last great gap in the world\u2019s route map.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f4f6;border-radius:8px;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.3px\">QUICK FACTS<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Airbus A350-1000ULR (MSN 707)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>First flight<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">2 June 2026, Toulouse \u2014 3 hr 43 min, just above 41,000 ft<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Built for<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Qantas \"Project Sunrise\"<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Nonstop Sydney\u2013London and Sydney\u2013New York<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Distance<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Almost 10,000 nautical miles, up to ~22 hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Key change<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">20,000-litre rear centre tank (+1,000 nm range)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>On order<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">12 A350-1000ULRs + 12 standard A350-1000s<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">One tank changes everything<\/h2><p>From the outside, the ULR is an A350-1000 like any other. The transformation is inside. Airbus has built an additional rear centre tank directly into the aircraft\u2019s structure \u2014 a 20,000-litre reservoir that lifts the jet\u2019s range by around 1,000 nautical miles. With it come a modified fuel system and a redesigned, lighter galley-cooling architecture meant to keep meals fresh across flights that can run most of a day.<\/p><p>The first flight focused on exactly these changes: general performance checks and a workout for the new fuel-system architecture. It opens a roughly two-month certification campaign to sign off the modifications before MSN 707 is retrofitted to Qantas\u2019 commercial cabin standard. The aircraft was flown by Airbus experimental test pilots Thomas Wilhelm and Anthony Flynn, with a full test-engineering team aboard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/airbus-a350-1000-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"An Airbus A350-1000 in flight\" style=\"display:block;width:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;height:auto!important;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An A350-1000 \u2014 the ULR is the same airframe given an extra rear centre fuel tank for 1,000 nautical miles of additional range. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Project Sunrise, finally within reach<\/h2><p>The mission has a name almost a decade old. In 2017, Qantas threw down a challenge it called Project Sunrise: link the east coast of Australia directly to London and New York, with no stop in between. The Sydney\u2013London leg alone is close to 10,000 nautical miles and could keep passengers airborne for as long as 22 hours \u2014 the longest scheduled flights ever flown.<\/p><p>Qantas has ordered twelve A350-1000ULRs for the job, alongside twelve standard A350-1000s for the rest of its long-haul network. The second ULR \u2014 and the first due to be handed to the airline, in April 2027 \u2014 is already deep in final assembly. From there, the era of one-hop Australia-to-Europe travel finally begins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SuIscoyg7PM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A European answer to the long-haul question<\/h2><p>The ULR becomes the fourth passenger member of the A350 family, joining the -900, the -900ULR and the -1000. It is a quietly significant moment for Europe\u2019s aerospace champion: by the end of April 2026 the A350 had drawn 1,579 orders from 68 customers, with more than 700 already flying for 41 operators.<\/p><p>Where the four-engined superjumbo once defined long-haul ambition, the future now belongs to efficient twins able to fly further on less fuel. With the A350-1000ULR, the longest journey a passenger can buy will be flown on two engines \u2014 and built in Toulouse.<\/p><p><em>Sources: Airbus press release (2 June 2026); Aerotime; Simple Flying; The Points Guy; Aerospace Global News.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n<!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45;user-select:none}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;font-weight:400;color:#5C91FF;line-height:1}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-item[open] summary{border-bottom:1px solid #eef1f8}.mf-faq-item summary:hover{background:#f5f8ff}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the world's longest-range airliner?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Airbus A350-1000ULR (Ultra Long Range) is the world's longest-range airliner. 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