As long flights go, Singapore Airlines' epic almost-19-hour, 9,534-mile journey from Newark to Singapore was once the standard-bearer against which all others were measured. But the all-business-class Flight 21 was scrubbed in 2013, some nine years after its first voyage in 2004. The airline had sold its ultra-long-range A340-500 aircraft, and no other in its fleet was capable of connecting Singapore and the New York area on a nonstop basis.
Today, two airlines share the distinction of the world's longest nonstop flight, according to air-travel intelligence analysts OAG. It's a tie between Emirates Flight 449 from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand, and Air India from San Francisco to New Delhi. Both clock in at 17 hours and 15 minutes, although the Dubai-Auckland mileage is considerably longer - 8,819 miles compared with 7,690. A slightly longer flight on Emirates from Dubai to Panama City at 17 hours and 35 minutes was scheduled to begin in February but has been delayed until later this year or early 2017.
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Today, two airlines share the distinction of the world's longest nonstop flight, according to air-travel intelligence analysts OAG. It's a tie between Emirates Flight 449 from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand, and Air India from San Francisco to New Delhi. Both clock in at 17 hours and 15 minutes, although the Dubai-Auckland mileage is considerably longer - 8,819 miles compared with 7,690. A slightly longer flight on Emirates from Dubai to Panama City at 17 hours and 35 minutes was scheduled to begin in February but has been delayed until later this year or early 2017.
01/06/16 The Washington Post/Mathrubhumi
