Qantas Airways will operate its Airbus A380 over Antarctica this summer on a unique New Year’s Eve sightseeing flight.

The trip will start in Sydney and fly via Melbourne, with passengers over the ice at midnight to be the first in the world to see the light of the new year.

There are also two other Antarctic flights planned - a second A380 service ex Sydney on 24 January, and a 747-400 flight from Melbourne on 14 February.

The private charters are being organised by Antarctica Sightseeing Flights, which is run by Croydon Travel.

Croydon Travel said passengers would “make aviation history aboard the first commercial flight by an A380 to the south polar region.”

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