American kicked off its longest flight to date on Saturday with new service between the carrier’s Dallas/Fort Worth hub and Brisbane, Australia. At 8,303 miles, the route eclipses the airline’s previous record-holder at 8,123 miles, Dallas/Fort Worth-Hong Kong, which ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dallas/Fort Worth-Sydney is nearly 1,000 miles longer than the carrier’s year-round route between Los Angeles and Sydney. American also operates seasonal flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Auckland at nearly 7,500 miles.
The airline’s seasonal flights to Brisbane will operate daily on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The service began on Oct. 26 and continues through March 2025.
“Today’s arrival of American Airlines from Dallas-Fort Worth is a landmark moment for Brisbane and Queensland,” said Brisbane Airport CEO, Gert-Jan de Graaff, in a news release.“They say there are few things bigger than Texas. Well, Queensland is three times bigger than Texas, but we share industries like agriculture, energy, biotechnology and advanced manufacturing. From the Lone Star State to the Sunshine State, this new connection between two hubs unlocks incredible potential on both sides of the Pacific.”
Among the three major U.S. carriers, American’s Dallas/Fort Worth-Brisbane route is the fourth-longest by distance, according to Cirium Diio schedule data for November 2024. United holds the top two spots with its Houston-Sydney and San Francisco-Singapore flights, followed by Delta’s route between Atlanta and Johannesburg.
American’s inaugural Dallas/Fort Worth-Brisbane flight on Saturday clocked in at exactly 16 hours, per FlightAware tracking data.
