Editing Antipodes (section)

=== Non-stop antipodal flights by commercial aircraft (scheduled) ===
There are currently no commercial aircraft capable of traveling non-stop between antipodes with a standard full commercial passenger load.

The current world record-holder [[Airbus A350 XWB#A350-900ULR|Airbus A350-900ULR]] is capable of flying {{convert|18000|km|nmi mi}},<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-13|title=Airbus A350-900ULR comes with a 9700 NM flight range|url=http://www.airlinerpulse.com/blog/2017/05/airbus-a350-900ulr-comes-with-a-9700-nm-range-of-action.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513081650/http://www.airlinerpulse.com/blog/2017/05/airbus-a350-900ulr-comes-with-a-9700-nm-range-of-action.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-05-13|access-date=2021-05-31}}</ref> or roughly 90% of an average antipodal distance. [[Singapore Airlines]] currently holds the world record for the [[Longest flights|longest scheduled passenger flight]], and utilizes this model in their non-stop Singapore to New York-JFK route SQ23/24.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Singapore Airlines To Begin Non-Stop Services To New York's JFK International Airport"|url=https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/media-centre/press-release/article/?q=en_UK/2020/October-December/ne1720-201020|website=Singapore Airlines}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Qantas]] completed separate non-stop flights taking 19–20 hours to encompass the 16,013&nbsp;km (9950 miles) from New York and 17,016&nbsp;km (10,573 miles) from London, both to Sydney, Australia with a limit of 49 passengers on the [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] and who underwent medical tests on the flight. The [[Kangaroo Route|London-Sydney]] direct routes are said to be the world's most profitable [[ultra long-haul|ultra-long haul]] flights annually.  Their plans for the same pair of experiments were quickly put on hold due to global travel restrictions throughout the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/d6545469f97842e8b1c908397812a39d|title=Qantas completes longest non-stop New York-Sydney flight|date=October 20, 2019|website=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/qantas-new-york-sydney-flight-record-scli-intl/index.html|title=Qantas test flight completes record 19-hour non-stop flight from New York to Sydney|first= Aimee|last= Lewis|website= CNN|date=20 October 2019 }}</ref>