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Qatar Airways launches world's longest flight
Flight QR920 left the Qatari capital at 05:02 (0202 GMT) and is set to land in New Zealand at 07:30 local time on Monday (1830 GMT). The Boeing 777 flight will take 16 hours and 20 minutes, pass over 10 time zones, five countries and travel 14,535 kilometres (9,032 miles) before reaching Auckland. (www.afp.com) עוד...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That will put the wind up Emirates. Mind you all carriers have to be concerned of such a big leap using twin aircraft. I can remember the PAN AM record breaking non stop flight around the world in a Boeing 747b-121 and then again using a baby jumbo Boeing 747sp21 jet always loved PAN AM and miss her
World's toughest economy class passengers.
I've done a 14+ hour flight from Hong Kong to Amsterdam; the economy seating isn't that bad due to removal of rows to allow for maximum fuel. It is quite annoying to watch several movies, eat a meal and still have many hours of flight time remaining. Not sure how they make money since fuel doesn't pay any airfare.
When one boards one of these record setters, keep in mind that ETOPS is all about the odds. And big airline money. There was a reason the early over water birds had a lot of engines. It wasn't All about the thrust. Think about that as you read the latest MH post about a Boeing engine shutdown. Apparently AB's ,in his sphere, don't have them. Just sayin.
Only ten hours less than in a C130 from SAT-AKL
Huh?
Methinks Matt Jensen was in the military ;-) And damn, SAT-AKL is a long long long way. You do it with midair, or island-hopping?
How about Santa Ana,San Fran Hawaii,Midway,Wake Island,Tachikawa,Japan,Kadena,Okinawa.in a RD5 1959 ? Same plane all the way.
Yep - sixty years ago in one of the first C130's. Island hopping all the way. First time took us 30hrs, later we improved that to 25hrs - better fuel management and loads.