Is the Airbus A350-900 more powerful than the Boeing 777-200ER? Raw thrust says no—but efficiency tells a very different story.

Airbus designed the Airbus A350 family to cover all sorts of long-haul travel, from dynamic long-haul operations between high-capacity trunk markets to record-setting ultra-long-haul connections.

Emirates has deployed its first ultra-long-range variant of the Airbus A350-900 to Adelaide, Australia. “While Emirates has been accepting the delivery of A350s for the past year, this is the first ...