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However, SQ24 to New York is typically flown a ground distance of around 17,250 km (10,720 mi; 9,310 nmi) [4] over the Pacific Ocean where jet stream winds can assist; while SQ23 back to Singapore sometimes opts, instead of the westward polar route, to fly a ground distance of 16,500 km (10,300 mi; 8,900 nmi) [5] eastward, across the Atlantic ...
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.
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]
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Singapore Airlines has said an additional five passengers on board the flight that was hit by severe turbulence will head to Singapore today. The flight made an emergency landing in Bangkok after ...
On 14 October 2015, Singapore Airlines announced plans to resume the world's longest non-stop flight between Singapore and New York – a 15,300 km (9,500 mi), 19-hour route that the airline had dropped in 2013. [60] A340-500 aircraft were formerly employed to serve this route until their retirement in 2013. [61]
The woman accused of stowing away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris was arrested again, this time while reportedly trying to get into Canada. Svetlana Dali had been given an ankle monitor ...
News Tonight (formerly News 5 Tonight, News 5 and before 1994 as just News) is a Singapore English long-running main flagship daily television news bulletin programme on Mediacorp Channel 5 since its inception which runs daily from 21:00 until 21:30 SGT on daily/public holidays, providing a round-up of all the day's events around Singapore, as well as coverage of breaking news and occasional ...