Despite the impact COVID-19 has had on aviation, particularly in Australia, the latest milestone arguably wouldn’t have happened without the pandemic.

Qantas has run dozens of repatriation flights — many to destinations it wouldn’t ordinarily operate to, including India and Turkey — but the latest route takes the cake.

A Qantas 787 is currently half way into an 18 hour journey from Buenos Aires to Darwin, a 14,683 kilometre journey. It was a fairly controversial flight, and many passengers elsewhere in South America struggled to make it.

But it has taken off and it is the longest ever commercial passenger flight operated by the flying kangaroo.

While it is an 18 hour journey, the plane is flying 74 degrees south meaning passengers should get a view of Antarctica.

On markets, the ASX isn’t exactly flying today but is slightly higher than yesterday, trading 0.23% higher as at 11.45am (AEST).

That followed a rebound on Wall Street overnight as big tech stocks bounced back.

ASX SMALL CAP WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks for October 6 [intraday]:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
VIC Victory Mines Ltd 0.002 100 3435492
PCL Pancontinental Energ 0.0015 50 28000000
AUH Austchina Holdings 0.009 29 54426193
GTE Great Western Exp. 0.225 25 85491
BAS Bass Oil Ltd 0.0025 25 12037656
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.0025 25 3695174
ATC Altech Chem Ltd 0.082 22 15214851
NCR Nucoal Resources Ltd 0.011 22 8097779
GEV Global Ene Ven Ltd 0.088 21 11795455
ACP Audalia Res Ltd 0.012 20 900000
AO1 Assetowl Limited 0.006 20 2133665
MEB Medibio Limited 0.012 20 1066135
ADX ADX Energy Ltd 0.0095 19 16975220
TPD Talon Energy Ltd 0.013 18 69753223
KEY KEY Petroleum 0.0035 17 60000
RDT Red Dirt Metals Ltd 0.76 16 3033022
MOB Mobilicom Ltd 0.058 16 134107
XF1 Xref Limited 0.6 15 1186558
PRM Prominence Energy 0.015 15 2354768
KWR Kingwest Resources 0.155 15 2452398
GBR Greatbould Resources 0.1775 15 3644578
QXR Qx Resources Limited 0.016 14 4055187
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Aspiring gold producer Kingwest (ASX:KWR) unveiled a joint venture, which will see underground mining resume at its Menzies gold prospect.

Hydrogen aspirant Global Energy Ventures (ASX:GEV) told shareholders that the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) issued its Approval In Principle for GEV’s pilot-scale compressed hydrogen ship.

Great Western Exploration (ASX:GTE) rose after telling shareholders it had identified four high priority drill targets at its Yandal West project.

ASX SMALL CAP LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks for October 6 [intraday]:

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Code Name Price % Change Volume
MLS Metals Australia 0.0015 -25 11588260
NPM Newpeak Metals 0.0015 -25 3420002
OAK Oakridge 0.0015 -25 1446356
ANL Amani Gold Ltd 0.0025 -17 41546200
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.0025 -17 10131782
LBT LBT Innovations 0.1 -13 859834
PRS Prospech Limited 0.069 -12 324092
AGC AGC Ltd 0.125 -11 452319
TTA TTA Holdings Ltd 0.042 -11 20025
PNM Pacific Nickel Mines 0.069 -10 456505
8VI 8Vi Holdings Limited 4.81 -10 2643
EPX Ept Global Limited 0.135 -10 75523
CLE Cyclone Metals 0.005 -9 555071
CTO Citigold Corp Ltd 0.01 -9 388971
PVW PVW Res Ltd 0.17 -8 411475
REY REY Resources Ltd 0.175 -8 4010
NAG Nagambie Resources 0.071 -8 56478
ESH Esports Mogul Ltd 0.006 -8 1200
MRD Mount Ridley Mines 0.006 -8 1333333
OAR OAR Resources Ltd 0.012 -8 268756
PDI Predictive Disc Ltd 0.24 -8 7709990
AON Apollo Minerals Ltd 0.086 -8 895204
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Australian Gold & Copper (ASX:AGC) fell after its latest exploration update.

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