Marathon commercial flights that test the limits of long-range jets are getting help from an unlikely source to avoid falling short of their destinations: machine-learning algorithms.
At times, Air New Zealand Ltd has struggled to get all the way to Auckland from New York in a single hop using its Boeing Co 787s. Qantas Airways Ltd, meanwhile, is adding extra fuel tanks to its Airbus SE A350s before attempting non-stop trips from Sydney to New York and London from late 2025. The 20-hour flights are set to be the world’s longest regular passenger services.