{"id":489958,"date":"2026-07-27T22:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/qantas-airbus-a350-1000ulr-nonstop-melbourne-toulouse-test-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T12:51:39","slug":"long-way-round-qantas-airbus-a350-1000ulr-flies-east-on-22-hour-nonstop-test-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=489958","title":{"rendered":"Long Way Round: Qantas Airbus A350-1000ULR Flies East On 22-Hour Nonstop Test Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Airbus<\/a><\/span> made headlines by operating a marathon nonstop test flight<\/a> from its facilities at Toulouse Blagnac Airport (TLS) in the southwest of France to Melbourne (MEL) in Victoria in the southeast of Australia. This airborne odyssey captured the hearts and minds of both avgeeks and the general public, with the flight, which lasted 19 hours and 13 minutes, being the world’s most-tracked that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airbus’ new ultra-long-range widebody continues to stretch its legs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[426,430,396,273,94,515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-airbus-a350","category-aircraft","category-australia","category-france","category-qantas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t