China Eastern Set to Launch 29-Hour Route
China Eastern Airlines is set to launch the world’s longest commercial flight, an over 12,000-mile connection between Shanghai and Buenos Aires.
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New United Route Is E175’s Longest
United’s Washington to Bozeman flight previously held the No. 1 spot. This summer, though, the nearly 1,800-mile route will be operated by Airbus A319s.
Opinion: I Flew on the World’s Longest Flight and Don’t Remember Most of It. But That’s the Point
At over 8,000 nautical miles, The Singapore-Newark route is currently the world’s longest with regularly scheduled service. It’s a very prestigious route flown by Singapore Airlines using its Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft designed specifically with the route in mind. First opened with the Airbus A340-500 earlier in the century, the route relaunched in October 2018 with […]
A New Longest Flight in the World? Inside Air Tahiti Nui’s Rumored Nonstop Papeete-Paris Route
Despite being on the other side of the world from its home country, French Polynesia in the South Pacific is firmly part of France. A holdover from France’s colonial past, French Polynesia consists of over 100 islands, the most populous and well-known of which is Tahiti, all of which are part of France with French […]
Air New Zealand’s Longest Flight Departs for Chicago
Air New Zealand’s newest route from Chicago to Auckland took off at 5 p.m. yesterday as what is now the carrier’s longest route, overtaking Air New Zealand’s previous longest route from Auckland to Houston. The flight, NZ26, is estimated to take slightly over 16 hours, whereas the flight time for the Auckland to Houston route […]
