An Airbus (A350-1000ULR) recently spent more than 24 hours and 24 minutes in the air, flying nonstop from Melbourne to Toulouse and covering 23,075 km. The July 2026 development flight test, conducted as part of the aircraft’s development for Qantas’ Project Sunrise, is believed to be the longest nonstop flight by a commercial jet.
But this was a test flight, not a passenger service. Among flights travellers can actually book, Singapore Airlines’ New York JFK–Singapore route currently…

