[AMcWhirter]

Given that it had so much publicity many people I am sure consider that Qantas operates toe world’s longest flight.

But according to today’s piece from Routesonline.com Qantas’ non-stop Perth-London service is just beaten by Qatar Airways’ Doha-Auckland flight.

https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/280641/what-are-the-longest-passenger-flights-in-the-world-/

With the launch of SIA’s Singapore-New York route next month Qantas will be relegated to number three.

Singapore Airlines’ first New York-bound Airbus A350-900ULR arrives

[Flightlevel]

Nice to hold the record ‘though how many pax actually fly Doha-Auckland?
Its a low capacity route with a high fuel load. QF can fly the A380 PER-LON with only 400 pax unprofitably no doubt?

[AlanOrton1]

Er, QF do not fly A380 PER-LHR

[AMcWhirter]

Even if QR were not to sell all accommodation (owing to weight limitations for this ULH flight) there are still plenty of seats to fill.

http://theqatarsource.com/seatmaps/77l/42j217y.html

[EU_Flyer]

[quote quote=891115]Its a low capacity route with a high fuel load. QF can fly the A380 PER-LON with only 400 pax unprofitably no doubt?[/quote]

Qantas operate the 787-9 on that flight. The A380 doesn’t have the range. They fly the A380 SYD-SIN-LHR where they feed passengers from Brisbane onto the SIN-LHR sector and vv rather than forcing those passengers to fly via Perth on the non stop from there.

[quote quote=891149]Even if QR were not to sell all accommodation (owing to weight limitations for this ULH flight) there are still plenty of seats to fill.[/quote]

As Alex McWirther says, QR are still putting plenty of capacity (a 777) onto that sector – perhaps to compete with Emirates who offer DXB-AKL on an A380. If QR didn’t do the non stop to AKL they’d have a hard time competing with the Gulf giant Emirates. Poor Etihad gave up years ago.

[Flightlevel]

Can if they wished – perhaps could is more appropriate.
Doubt they can fill even 400+ seats profitably non-stop!
A380 has the range with less pax and more fuel (see Airbus website for performance data).
Point being they wouldn’t fill the 400+ seats limitation profitably.
95% average loads on a B787 are not near to the pax numbers for the reduced load A380.

[BobLi]

I found a flight video from New York / Newark to Singapore by Airlines A350-900ULR. (Ultra Long Range)

If you believe Wikipedia – The MTOW of the ultra-long range -900ULR is being increased to 280 t (620,000 lb) and its fuel capacity from 141,000 to 165,000 l (37,000 to 44,000 US gal) within existing fuel tanks, enabling up to 19-hour flights with a 9,700 nmi (18,000 km) range.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A350_XWB

There is still general information about the plane – I found the picture. I don’t know if it will work here.

Here is a link to it http://jetz.icu/airbus-a350/.

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