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A Qantas Airways Airbus A380 lands at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport after a nonstop flight from Sydney, Australia, Sept. 29, 2014. In the background, an American Airlines Boeing 737.

Qantas Airways will be making the longest flight in the world seven days a week beginning in April 2016.

The Australia-based airline said Wednesday they will increase their service between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Sydney Airport to seven flights a week -- up one from the current six.

Updated Qantas' Airbus A380 Lands at DFW

Qantas currently makes the longest scheduled passenger flight in the world, Dallas to Sydney, in about 16 hours, on their Airbus A380 aircraft. The airline began nonstop service to D/FW in 2011 using Boeing 747 aircraft, but began making the flights with the A380 last fall.

Qantas said with the additional flight they'll now be able to ferry more than 3,300 passengers weekly between Dallas-Fort Worth and Sydney.