World
Updated : Sep 29, 2014, 03:46 PM IST
The world's largest passenger aircraft - the Airbus A380 super-jumbo - is flying the world's longest air route from Sydney to Dallas.
According to Stuff.co.nz, the Qantas Sydney-Dallas route became the longest non-stop flight in the world late last year after Singapore Airlines ended its non-stop flights from Singapore to New York, a 19-hour slog that covered 16,700 kilometres on a four-engine Airbus A340-500.
The A380 super-jumbo will take a little more than 15 hours to cover the Sydney-Dallas route at 13,800 kilometres. Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said that the A380 would increase seats on the route by more than 10% each week, adding that it will also ensure greater fuel efficiency and the range to operate the return service directly back to Sydney.