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The longest ever scheduled passenger flight was Air Tahiti Nui's flight TN64 using a Boeing 787-9, flying non-stop from Faaʻa International Airport in Papeete, Tahiti to Paris–CDG, [22] a distance of 15,715 kilometres (9,765 mi; 8,485 nmi) in a scheduled duration of 16 hours, 20 minutes. [23]
Tetiaroa" (registered F-OTOA), a Boeing 787-9, one of the planes that operated Air Tahiti Nui's longest domestic flights. The world's longest commercial domestic flight was flight TN64 operated by Air Tahiti Nui , a French airline based in French Polynesia .
On October 20, 2019, a Qantas 787-9 was flight tested from New York to Sydney with a restricted payload. A team of researchers monitored passengers and crew to investigate wellness and performance on long flights. [338] On March 16, 2020, an Air Tahiti Nui 787-9 achieved the longest commercial flight of 8,485 nmi (15,714 km; 9,764 mi). [339]
Carrying 50 passengers and crew on board, Qantas Flight 7879 on a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner touched down in Sydney on Sunday morning after a 16,200-kilometre (10,066-mile) journey which lasted ...
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It was the longest regularly scheduled commercial flight except until termination on November 23, 2013, and relaunch on October 18, 2018 [55] until being surpassed in 2020. 2019 October 18 to 20, 2019 16,200 km Boeing 787-9: Qantas between New York and Sydney in 19 hours 16 minutes. [56] [57] 2003: November 5, 2003: 15,300 km: Boeing 777-300ER
China Southern Airlines is launching its first direct passenger flight from the megacity of Shenzhen to Mexico City, which will also set the record as the longest flight from China.