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title: "Airbus completes 24-hour test flight for Qantas’ nonstop routes"
description: "Both outlets reported that Airbus completed a 24-hour test flight of a modified A350 jet for Qantas’ planned nonstop routes. BOL News framed the flight as a “marathon test flight” and emphasized it as a “key milestone” in the airline’s ambitions. Aaj News highlighted the flight’s nonstop nature and noted the surge in online tracking during the flight. While both outlets covered the core event, Aaj News added detail about public interest in the flight’s progress."
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# Airbus completes 24-hour test flight for Qantas’ nonstop routes

world · updated 28 Jul 2026, 11:31 PM PKT · 28 Jul 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that Airbus completed a 24-hour test flight of a modified A350 jet for Qantas’ planned nonstop routes. BOL News framed the flight as a “marathon test flight” and emphasized it as a “key milestone” in the airline’s ambitions. Aaj News highlighted the flight’s nonstop nature and noted the surge in online tracking during the flight. While both outlets covered the core event, Aaj News added detail about public interest in the flight’s progress.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Airbus completes record 24-hour flight with plane to be used by Qantas](https://www.dawn.com/news/2019038/airbus-completes-record-24-hour-flight-with-plane-to-be-used-by-qantas) · 28 Jul 2026, 11:31 PM PKT
  > A specially modified Airbus A350 plane touched down in France on Tuesday after a record 24-hour test flight from Australia, ahead of its joining Qantas’s fleet next year. Its 23,076-kilometre journey — across three continents and two oceans, and through two sunsets and two dawns — was one of the most-watched flights shown on the Flightradar24 tracking site. It was also a crucial step before Aus...
- **Aaj News (English)** — [Airbus A350 jet flies 24 hours nonstop from Australia to France](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330465534/airbus-a350-jet-flies-24-hours-nonstop-from-australia-to-france) · 28 Jul 2026, 8:38 PM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Airbus completed a marathon test flight lasting more than 24 hours that triggered a surge in online tracking ​when an A350 jet being developed for record-beating commercial flights ‌touched down in France from Melbourne on Tuesday. The test marks a key step in Qantas’ Project Sunrise, which aims to launch the world’s longest commercial passenger services ​and reshape long-haul travel by elimina...
- **BOL News** — [Airbus completes 24-hour test flight for Qantas’ record-breaking nonstop routes](https://www.bolnews.com/world/airbus-completes-24-hour-test-flight-for-qantas-record-breaking-nonstop-routes/) · 28 Jul 2026, 5:34 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > TOULOUSE: Airbus has completed a marathon test flight of more than 24 hours for a specially modified A350 jet destined for Qantas’ planned nonstop routes from Australia to Europe, a key milestone in the airline’s ambitious Project Sunrise. The aircraft, an A350-1000ULR equipped with an extra fuel tank, touched down Tuesday at Airbus’ factory in ... Read more The post Airbus completes 24-hour te...

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