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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 decision to move the airport from Paya Lebar to Changi was based on a number of factors. [17] With the growth in global aviation transport, the airport was facing congestion problems. Its inability to cope with the rising traffic became critical by the 1970s; annual passenger numbers rose dramatically from 300,000 in 1955 to 1.7 million in ...
[20] [21] The re-launched flight to Newark operates as a red-eye flight, with a morning departure from Singapore. [22] The airline finally received the aircraft on 26 September [23] and relaunched the flight on 11 October 2018. [24] These flights are typically staffed with four pilots and 13 flight attendants. [25]
Singapore Airlines presently operates the longest and second longest flights in the world, non-stop to New York–JFK and Newark respectively, using the Airbus A350-900ULR. Singapore to Newark was the world's longest flight from 2004-2013, and 2018-2021, when they started JFK to Singapore. [6]
The Crowne Plaza Changi Airport hotel, designed by WOHA, is linked to Changi Airport Terminal 3, with Terminals 1 and 2 reachable by Skytrain located within the immediate vicinity of Changi Airport. It is nine storeys high and has 320 guest rooms. A 10-storey extension was completed in 2016, increasing the total number of rooms to 563. [12]
Singapore Changi Airport / Changi Air Base 4,000 m 01°21′33″N 103°59′22″E / 1.35917°N 103.98944°E / 1.35917; 103.98944 ( Singapore Changi
2022 statistics rank airport location country code (IATA / ICAO)domestic passengers international passengers total passengers 1: Singapore Changi Airport: Changi, East Region: Singapore
The aircraft involved was a 16-year-old Boeing 777-312ER, [a] registered as 9V-SWM, with manufacturer serial number 34578 and line number 701. It was equipped with two General Electric GE90-115B engines and was delivered to Singapore Airlines in February 2008.