Looking ahead, Qantas plans to launch new ultra-long-haul services through Project Sunrise, including nonstop flights from Sydney to New York and Melbourne to New York using the Airbus A350-1000. The Sydney–New York route is expected to cover nearly 9,900 miles once introduced.

Currently, only two routes from the US exceed 9,000 miles: both are operated by Singapore Airlines between New York or Newark and Singapore. Several other routes surpass 8,000 miles:

- Qantas’ Dallas Fort Worth–Melbourne service covers about 8,973 miles four times a week with a Boeing 787-9.

- Air New Zealand’s New York JFK–Auckland service covers roughly 8,813 miles with three weekly flights.

- Qantas also serves JFK–Auckland five times per week with its own Boeing 787-9s.

- United Airlines runs Houston Intercontinental–Sydney (8,587 miles) using a Boeing 787-9.

- Philippines Airlines flies New York JFK–Manila (8,513 miles) with an Airbus A350.

Qantas restored double-decker operations on its Dallas Fort Worth–Sydney route in August by operating four weekly Airbus A380 flights alongside three Boeing 787-9 services. Starting January next year, this will become a daily A380 operation for peak summer travel to Australia. Emirates continues deploying its A380s on long US routes like Los Angeles–Dubai (8,334 miles).

Qatar Airways operates the longest Airbus A350-1000 route from San Francisco to Doha at about 8,301 miles using a configuration of 46 Qsuites and 281 economy seats. Cathay Pacific’s daily New York JFK–Hong Kong service (about 8,070 miles) uses a Boeing 777-300ER; Emirates employs this aircraft type for its Dallas/Fort Worth–Dubai flight (about 8,030 miles).