Boeing and Airbus compete for "Project Sunrise" of Qantas

In August 2017, Qantas had approached Airbus and Boeing with the "Project Sunrise." The challenge behind this is to deliver an aircraft that will allow Qantas to fly nonstop from Sydney to London Heathrow (9188 nautical miles or 17,016 kilometers) and to New York JFK (8646 nautical miles or 16,012 kilometers) from 2022 onwards. Two next-generation aircraft, the 777X, and A350-900 have nearly the reach. Now the two major aircraft manufacturers compete for Qantas' "Project… (airlinerwatch.com) Plus d'info...