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About Qantas' Project Sunrise and 787-9's range...

Hi guys its my first time posting and I really wanna know the answer to this:

So Qantas are now doing this Project Sunrise which is basically having direct flights between SYD and JFK/LHR. They just completed their trial flight from JFK to SYD two days ago with 787-9. So I googled the distance from JFK to SYD, which is 16,003 km. But the problem is the range for a 787-9 is 14,800 km??? How is the flight possible then??

Thank you so much for whoever that can answer me this. Much appreciated
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