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In 2015, it would have been the world's longest non-stop flight. In July 2019, Qantas announced and began selling tickets for new non-stop flights between Brisbane and Chicago-O'Hare that would begin operation in April 2020 covering 14,325 km (8,901 mi; 7,735 nmi) in 16 hours, 20 minutes eastbound using a Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
With its great-circle distance, it set the record both for world's longest domestic flight as well as the world's longest commercial flight. Air Tahiti Nui began the route on 15 March 2020, departing Faa'a International Airport at 3:14 am local time as flight TN64, flying nonstop to Charles de Gaulle Airport and landing at 6:00 am local time on ...
Singapore Airlines currently holds the title for operating the world's two longest flights at over 9,500 miles each. The 10 longest routes in the world flown by airlines, ranked by distance Skip ...
The airline uses the Airbus A350-900ULR (“ultra-long range”) aircraft on the route, which has an extended range of up to 9,700 nautical miles. 2. Auckland to Doha - Qatar Airways
[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]
It’s 2019, and thanks to the world’s largest commercial airlines, you can fly nearly anywhere nonstop. In order to find the longest nonstop flights of 2019, Benzinga has analyzed commercial ...
As of November 9, 2020, Singapore Airlines Flights 23 and 24 is the world's longest active commercial flight between Singapore and New York–JFK, covering 15,349 km (9,537 mi; 8,288 nmi) in around 18 hours and 40 minutes, operated by an Airbus A350-900ULR. [40]
SINGAPORE − I did a lot of flying last week, even as an airline reporter. My journeys even helped me complete an avgeek rite of passage: I took the longest flight in the world, from New York to ...