Editing Antipodes (section)

=== Non-stop antipodal flights by commercial aircraft (chartered) ===
In March 2021, a [[Comlux]] [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner|787-8]], registered P4-787, flew a non-scheduled (chartered), non-stop flight from [[Incheon International Airport|Seoul Incheon]] to [[Ministro Pistarini International Airport|Buenos Aires]], which are nearly antipodal points. This set a new record for the longest commercial non-stop flight with paying passengers, covering {{convert|19483|km|nmi mi}} in 20 hours 19 minutes.

The business jet variant of the [[Airbus A350]], the [[Airbus A350#ACJ350|ACJ350]], which entered into service in 2020, has a range of 20,550&nbsp;km (12,770 miles),<ref>{{Cite web|title=ACJ350 XWB|url=https://www.acj.airbus.com/en/exclusive-products/acj350xwb.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Airbus|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110190854/https://www.acj.airbus.com/en/exclusive-products/acj350xwb.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> enabling it to operate between any two available antipodes. {{As of|2021|09|post=,}} there are three ACJ350s now in service globally. The owner of the first ACJ350, the German Government, has already taken it on a close to antipodal flight with a flight from [[Cologne, Germany]] to [[Canberra, Australia]] in November 2020.  The upcoming Boeing business jet variant, the [[Boeing 777X#BBJ 777X|BBJ 777-8]], will also have an antipodal reach with its published range of 21,570&nbsp;km (13,403 miles).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boeing Launches Longest-Range Business Jet Ever with BBJ 777X|url=https://investors.boeing.com/investors/investor-news/press-release-details/2018/Boeing-Launches-Longest-Range-Business-Jet-Ever-with-BBJ-777X/default.aspx|access-date=2021-05-31|website=investors.boeing.com|language=en-CA}}</ref> Both aforementioned variants from Airbus and Boeing are the first aircraft designed to handle flights exceeding the Earth's average antipodal distance of 20,000&nbsp;km (12,420 miles).