";s:4:"text";s:1935:" The longest flights in the world keep getting longer. The world's longest flight has successfully been tested - with 50 passengers and crew travelling non-stop for nearly 20 hours from New York to Sydney. Hawaiian Airlines this year launched a mammoth 5,095-mile route, taking off and landing on American soil. Here are 12 of the longest flight routes in the world. Long-haul flights are increasingly being offered by a number of airlines thanks to more affordable oil, more fuel-efficient airliners, and more demand for nonstop trips.
The world's longest commercial flight has left Singapore for New York, beginning a journey scheduled to cover more than 15,000km in almost 19 hours. Flight TN064 took off from Papeete, French Polynesia, at 2:45am (local time), flying a distance of 15,715 kilometres direct to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France. The Dreamliner made the journey in a total of 16 hours and 30 minutes. The world's longest non-stop commercial flight has landed in New York, ending a journey from Singapore of more than 15,000km in 17 hours and 52 minutes. The longest nonstop commercial flight in the world is scheduled at 17 hours and 50 minutes.
The world’s longest domestic flight One for the pub quizzers.
So here we have the world's longest flight -- for now anyway -- the only one in the world to top 9,000 miles. This route from Los Angeles to Singapore serviced by United Airlines isn’t the longest by distance, but it has the longest duration due to commonly strong headwinds.