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Iberia’s 182-seat plane is the world’s longest-range single-aisle commercial aircraft, with a range of up to 4,700 nautical miles (a little over 5,400 miles). For comparison, New York to ...
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:
Pilot Aircraft Notes 2006: February 8–12, 2006: 41,467.46 km: Steve Fossett: GlobalFlyer: Single pilot (Steve Fossett) flight. [1] [2] 1986: December 14–23, 1986: 40,212.14 km: Richard Glenn Rutan and Jeana Yeager: Rutan Voyager: Circumnavigation. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record holder up to 2006 (current class holder). [3 ...
A worrying sign of the A340’s imminent demise is that there are currently no airlines operating the A340-500 variant, which Airbus introduced in 2003 as the world’s longest-range commercial ...
The longest-range Boeing airliner in service is the 777-200LR, which can cover 17,395 kilometres (10,809 mi; 9,393 nmi) with 301 passengers. [166] [167] Boeing also considered developing a 777-200LR derivative for Qantas. It would feature three additional auxiliary fuel tanks (six total), a lighter interior derived from the Boeing 787 ...
The HondaJet 2600 will be the world's first light aircraft capable of nonstop transcontinental travel across the US, revolutionizing long-haul private flying.
The $10–12 million jet would be the longest-range single-pilot business aircraft, it would keep the HondaJet configuration, stretched from 42.6 to 57.8 ft (13.0 to 17.6 m), and has a 56.7 ft (17.3 m) wingspan, 16 ft (4.9 m) larger, for a maximum takeoff weight of 17,500 lb (7,900 kg) and a 3,300 ft (1,000 m) takeoff distance, while its ...
This distance set a new record for the longest aircraft flight in history, breaking the old records of 24,987 miles (40,213 km) in an airplane and 25,360 miles (40,810 km) in a balloon. The landing was made at Bournemouth Airport , England (short of the planned destination at Kent), because of a generator failure at 40,000 feet (12,000 m).