The -900ULR can go the distance with 173 seats, although Singapore Airlines has just 161 on board. That a Qantas graphic of the type showed 8.700nm has been a “typing error”, the spokesperson says. This gives the aircraft its 9.700 nautical miles/18.000 kilometers range, the same as that of the -900ULR. That’s in contrast to the A350-900ULR, which got the Ultra Long Range designation thanks to some tweaks like an extra fuel tank.Įven without the ‘ULR’ addition, the A350-1000 that Qantas gets will have this same feature: a 20.000-liter center fuel tank within the wing box and identical to the one on the -900ULR. “This isn’t an -1000ULR”, an Airbus spokesperson stresses again on the phone to AirInsight from Sydney. The A350-1000 test aircraft that taxied straight into the Qantas hangar for the media event after her early-morning arrival in Sydney is more or less the same one that the carrier will get in 2025. And we also look at the other types the airline ordered today. So what is the aircraft like? A closer look at the Qantas Project Sunrise Airbus A350-1000.
The next is the introduction of the type in 2025 and launching the nineteen to twenty-hour flights. The confirmation of the order for twelve Airbus A350-1000s concludes the first planning phase of Qantas for its ultra-long-haul Project Sunrise.
