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Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 (SQ23/SIA23 and SQ24/SIA24, respectively) are the longest regularly scheduled non-stop flights in the world, operated by Singapore Airlines between Singapore Changi Airport and New York–JFK. [1] The route launched on 9 November 2020. [2]
The Pan Am Martin M-130 'Hawaii Clipper' that flew the first commercial transpacific flight. The longest non-stop commercial flights of the 1930s were operated by flying boats, which were the predominant aircraft type of the time for long-range flight, in part because they did not require large airports capable of receiving large aircraft. [40]
Singapore Airlines currently holds the title for operating the world's two longest flights at over 9,500 miles each.
Ultra-long-haul flights lasting over 16 hours have been around since the 1930s. While modern jet aircraft travel at faster speeds and cover longer distances, the record for the longest scheduled commercial ultra-long-haul flight route was set in 1943. [7] Some of the historical ultra-long-haul routes include:
The airline's New York-Hong Kong route would be stretched to cover around 10,300 miles and involve 17 hours of flying time, according to Bloomberg.
The flight from New York JFK departs around 11:30 p.m. daily and arrives two days later around 6 a.m. (meaning, my flight departed on the night of March 11 and arrived in Singapore on the morning ...
The plane originally used for the Singapore–Newark route was an Airbus A340-500. It had 14 cabin crew and six flight deck officers, each working four-hour shifts. [10] The flight required 222,000 litres (49,000 imp gal; 59,000 US gal) of fuel, more than ten times the total weight of all the passengers and crew.
Air New Zealand will push the limits of its Boeing 787 with a nearly 18-hour flight from New York to Auckland, strengthening its alliance with United.