#JFK to Doha was 11 hours

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Arrived back home to Perth last night. Here's some photos from the 30 hour journey from JFK to Perth

Tbh every time I see an A380 I always react like I've never seen one before in my life.

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Noodoe EV Electrifies L.A.’s Iconic Millennium Biltmore Hotel

WALNUT, Calif., Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Noodoe, a global leader in EV charging technology, has just completed installation of ten S1000 EV charging stations at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, one of L.A.’s most historic and iconic landmarks. As electric cars become commonplace, guests are starting to choose where they stay based on the presence of EV charging. Hotels no longer see EV charging as a perk but as a necessity, and are responding to fill this accelerating customer demand with solutions as advanced as their vehicles. Effective through December 31, 2019, the Biltmore is offering a “2 Electrifying Hours Free” holiday special.

“We’re extremely proud to bring our five-star Noodoe EV charging stations to this historic landmark hotel,” Jennifer Chang. “Our Noodoe EV OS system is as smart and sophisticated as the Millennium Biltmore. The hotel has a year of historic firsts, from hosting the Academy Awards, to JFK’s 1960 nomination speech, to welcoming the Beatles in ’64 and housing the Olympic Committee in 1984. Our installation of Noodoe EV chargers in 2019 will bring the latest of sleep n’ charge solutions to the Millennium Biltmore guests and their electric vehicles.”

As an enduring industry leader in the hospitality industry, the Millennium Biltmore recognizes the latest trends in hospitality and technology and is taking action to continue to fulfill their current and future guests’ needs. All forecasts indicate that electric cars are rapidly growing from niche to common. A Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, predicts that sales of electric vehicles will increase from a record 1.1 million worldwide in 2017 to 11 million in 2025 and then to 30 million in 2030 as the price of manufacturing the vehicles continues to decline.

“The Millennium Biltmore continues to be at the forefront of delivering exceptional offerings to our modern and tech savvy travelers,” said Jimmy Wu, General Manager and Owner’s Representative of Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles. “By bringing EV charging stations to our hotel, we are providing a necessary amenity to many of our guests and expect it to become a sought after trend over time.”

Why Noodoe

At the heart of the commercial Noodoe EV Charging Station is a cloud-based OS that serves as its brain. The OS seamlessly taps into a business’s existing electricity supply bandwidth. It manages the charging experience for customers, allowing them to use any form of payment at the pump, including credit cards, Apple or Google Pay. The OS also provides management functions that empower owners to configure pricing, modify peak hours, monitor charging while supervising the entire charging infrastructure. “Noodoe is the only commercial EV charger that offers a complete cloud-based solution,” states Chang. “The OS is designed as a future-proof system, able to integrate additional features as new industry priorities or requirements arise.” Current industry-leading features of Noodoe’s EV OS include Universal Charging Service, Comprehensive Payment Processing, Central Management, Service Personnel Access, Automated Diagnostics and Operational Analytics.

About Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles

The Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles, a hotel within the Millennium Hotels and Resorts brand, opened in 1923 and was designated a Historical Cultural Landmark by the City of Los Angeles in 1969. Its unique interior features frescos and murals, carved marble fountains and columns, crystal chandeliers, and embroidered tapestries. These elements fuse together to create an elegant, incomparable option for an overnight stay or event venue in Downtown Los Angeles. All 683 newly-refurbished guest rooms and suites are elegantly appointed, and facilities include a 24-hour fitness center, a Roman-style indoor pool, Gallery Bar and Smeraldi’s Restaurant. With 70,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, we feature five iconic ballrooms including two notable venues in Oscar history: the Crystal Ballroom and Biltmore Bowl.

About Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C) is a London-based global hotel company, which owns, manages and operates over 135 hotels across some 80 locations worldwide. Its properties are in key gateway cities such as London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Dubai, Doha, Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, Singapore and Hong Kong. M&C is the hotel arm of Singapore-listed global real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL). M&C’s global brand – Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR) has four distinct hotel collections — Leng’s Collection, M Collection, Millennium Collection and Copthorne Collection — throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand and United States. Occupying the best locations around the world, MHR has the perfect address for business and leisure travellers. Listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996, M&C was delisted on 11 October 2019 following a successful privatisation exercise launched by CDL.

Visit https://www.millenniumhotels.com for more information.

About Noodoe

Noodoe is on a mission to make the world greener by accelerating the world’s transition to electric transportation. In this quest, we produce well-designed EV charging infrastructure solutions that help construction, retail, hospitality industries and public sectors be part of the global zero-emission revolution.

Through innovation Noodoe empowers businesses to turn their parking lots into profitable charging stations. We enable hotels to become recharging sanctuaries that attract high-value patrons. The company also provides charging infrastructure, enabling governments and energy companies to build eco-friendly “smart cities.” Beyond automobiles, Noodoe’s endeavors extend to motorcycles; through innovation we partner with global brands to bring the electric riding experience to consumers worldwide. Noodoe provides products and services used in 110 countries.

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Lift off: Singapore Airlines to boost US presence with world’s longest flight

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines is poised for a major boost to its US footprint from Thursday (Oct 11) evening as it resumes, after five years, the world’s longest commercial flight: A near-19 hour non-stop from Singapore to New York.

The route, combined with the airline’s plans to restart non-stop services to Los Angeles and add more non-stop flights to San Francisco next month, will give the premium Asian carrier its biggest-ever US presence.

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The airline has already ordered seven new ultra-long range twin-engine Airbus A350-900ULRs fitted with just 161 business class and premium economy seats – and no economy class seats – for the US capacity increase.

Singapore Airlines had abandoned the marathon Newark and Los Angeles routes in 2013 when high fuel prices made the use of four-engine Airbus A340-500 jets uneconomic.

READ: Now boarding: Passengers ready for world’s longest flight

It has since flown to New York’s JFK Airport via Frankfurt and to Los Angeles via Tokyo and Seoul.

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The airline’s revenue contribution from the Americas region is currently at 14 per cent, down from 20 per cent in 2013 due to the loss of the non-stop flights, Corrine Png, CEO of transport research firm Crucial Perspective, said.

“Operating trans-Pacific connecting flights opened Singapore Airlines to a lot more competition from other carriers and resulted in the loss of high-yielding business traffic,” she said. “We expect Singapore Airlines to regain market share, especially in the premium travel market.”

She said capacity would need to be managed carefully given high fuel prices, but there should be sufficient demand as long as the United States and global economies remained robust.

Non-stop ultra-long haul flights can typically command an airfare premium of around 20 per cent versus those involving one or more stops, according to travel industry data, given their popularity with time-sensitive business travellers.

However, Singapore Airlines has been offering low initial fares on its US non-stop routes, including as little as S$1,438 (US$1,040) return for premium economy on Singapore-Newark, CAPA Centre for Aviation Chief Analyst Brendan Sobie said.

“While it’s early days, there will be questions whether the latest attempt at US non-stops will be profitable for Singapore Airlines given the very intense competition in the Singapore-US market, rising fuel prices and the large number of premium seats Singapore Airlines has to fill on the seven newly delivered A350-900ULRs,” he said.

Brent crude prices are currently trading near US$85 per barrel, significantly below a 2013 peak of about US$119 but still up about 27 per cent so far this year. The benchmark is on track for its third straight year of gains.

United Airlines offers non-stop flights from Singapore to San Francisco, while other carriers like Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways and Taiwan’s EVA Airways Corp compete with one-stop Singapore-US offerings.

The Singapore-Newark route will top Qatar Airways’ Doha-Auckland route as the world’s longest, but Australia’s Qantas Airways is considering the introduction of an even longer 20-hour Sydney-London flight from 2022.

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The Airbus A350 has been in service since January 2015, but still, only a handful of airlines operate it around the globe. There are actually three variants of the Airbus A350: the A350-900, the A350-900-XWB, and the A350-1000.

The first of those, the Airbus A350-900, or A359, has been in commercial service since 2015, as stated above. The next variant, the A350-900XWB, is designed to be an ultra-long-range aircraft that has higher fuel capacity over the A359. It can fly up to 19-hours within a 9,700-mile nautical range. The launch carrier of this prototype, Singapore Airlines, completed its maiden flight from Toulouse on April 23, 2018. It will be used to operate nonstop flights between Singapore and New York City once the delivery takes place to SQ this August.

Global routes that currently or will feature the A350 in 2018

The -1000 version will serve as a stretch of the -900, and be used to replace the Airbus A340-600. Its primary competitors will be the Boeing 777-300ER and future Boeing programmes such as the 787-10 and 777-9. The A359 was designed to compete with the 777-200ER and 787-9, and replace the Airbus A340-300 and Airbus A340-500.

Currently, there is only one Airbus A350-1000 in service, and that is on Qatar Airways. The remaining Airbus A350s that are in service are all of the -9000 variants with Rolls Royce engines. These are the following airlines that operate the A350:

Air Caraibes

Air Mauritius

Asiana Airlines

Cathay Pacific

China Airlines

Delta Air Lines

Ethiopian Airlines

Finnair

French Bee

Hong Kong Airlines

Iberia

LATAM Airlines Brasil

Lufthansa

Malaysia Airlines

Qatar Airways

Singapore Airlines

Thai Airways International

Vietnam Airlines

There will hundreds of routes that the A350 is offered on through the rest of the year, and here are the ones where you are most likely to find it.

All maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper – copyright © Karl L. Swartz

Air Caraibes

This is probably one of the few airlines that you’ve never heard of, much less flown. Interestingly, their IATA code is, “TX,” but this is an airline that has little to do with anything pertaining to the Lone Star State. Based in Martinique, Air Caraibes only offers a fleet of 12 aircraft, consisting of propeller planes (ATR-72s), Airbus A330s, and Airbus A350s. It has 2 A350-900s in service and 3 A350-1000s on order.

Route Frequency Period Fort-de-France - Paris Orly sub-daily year-round Pointe-à-Pitre - Paris Orly sub-daily year-round

Air Mauritius

The flag carrier of this tiny island in the Indian ocean shares similarities with the one above. It has a small fleet (~21 aircraft) consisting of short-range propeller planes, as well as a few long-haul Airbus aircraft, including the Airbus A340, and now, the A350. It has two in service and four on-order, entirely of the -900 variant. All routes are operated from its Port Louis hub.

Route Frequency Period Johannesburg sub-daily year-round Paris CDG daily year-round St. Denis de la Reunion 8 total in April, May, and October

Asiana Airlines

Seoul-based Asiana is also a Star Alliance carrier and has a mixed fleet of narrow and widebody planes. It flies to short-haul markets as well as intercontinental markets, and the A350 has recently been deployed to a lot of its North American stations. The A350 will be a huge part of its fleet replacement program, as it has 4 of the -900 series in service and an additional 17 on order, plus 10 of the -1000 variants on order.

All A350 routes are operated from the Seoul Incheon hub.

Route Frequency Period Bangkok sub-daily October onward Fukuoka daily year-round Hanoi multi-daily, daily year-round Hong Kong 1x only in May 2018 London Heathrow daily year-round Los Angeles sub-daily May-October New York JFK daily November onward (plus 4x in October) Osaka daily through April San Francisco daily year-round Seattle daily August-October

Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has 22 A350-900s in service with an additional 6 on order. It will also take delivery of 20 Airbus A350-1000s. All routes are operated from Hong Kong. All routes are from Hong Kong unless otherwise stated.

Route Frequency Period Auckland daily year-round Bangkok multi-daily through October Bangkok - Singapore daily, sub daily starting in June through November Barcelona sub-daily year-round Brisbane daily year-round Brussels sub-daily year-round Cape Town sub-daily starting November Christchurch sub-daily starting December Dublin sub-daily starting June Ho Chi Minh multi-daily June onward Jakarta sub-daily year-round London Gatwick sub-daily, then daily year-round Manchester daily year-round Manila multi-daily through October Melbourne multi-daily year-round Newark sub-daily, then daily starting May 2018 Osaka sub-daily April, May, June, September, October Paris sub-daily year-round Perth daily year-round Rome sub-daily April, May and October onward San Francisco daily year-round Sapporo 1x total in May 2018 Seoul sub-daily April, May, August, September, October Seoul - Taipei 1x total April and May Singapore multi-daily through October Taipei multi-daily through October Tel Aviv sub-daily year-round Tokyo Narita 3x total April and May Vancouver sub-daily year-round

China Airlines

China Airlines, based in Taipei, Taiwan, has 12 A350-900s in service, with an additional two on-order. All routes are from Taipei unless otherwise stated.

Route Frequency Period Amsterdam sub-daily year-round Bangkok sub-daily (except for July - Sept) through October Brisbane daily year-round Brisbane - Auckland daily year-round Hanoi 4x monthly April, and July onward Hong Kong sub-daily year-round Honolulu sub-daily year-round Jakarta daily year-round London Gatwick sub-daily year-round Melbourne sub-daily year-round Naha (Okinawa) sub-daily through October Osaka sub-daily year-round Rome sub-daily year-round Saigon 3x total April 2018 Seoul 2x total May 2018 Shanghai 1x total May 2018 Shenzhen 1, 4, and 5 total October, November, December Sydney multi-daily year-round Tokyo Narita sub-daily year-round Vancouver daily year-round Vienna sub-daily year-round

Delta Air Lines

Delta was the North American launch customer for the Airbus A350. The vast majority of its A350 long-haul operations are from its Detroit hub, but they also appear in Los Angeles and Atlanta. Delta has 8 in service and 17 on order.

Route Frequency Period Atlanta - Seoul daily year-round Detroit - Amsterdam daily year-round Detroit - Beijing daily through August, then sub-daily year-round Detroit - Seoul daily year-round Detroit - Shanghai sub-daily, daily (June-Sept) year-round Detroit - Tokyo Narita daily year-round Los Angeles - Shanghai sub-daily, then daily July 2018 onward

Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopian Airlines, based in Addis Ababa, has 7 A350s in service and 17 on order. All routes are from Addis Ababa

Route Frequency Period Abuja daily year-round Accra daily year-round Beijing daily June-onward Beirut 1x total April Dar Es Salaam 1x total April Dubai multi-daily July onward Frankfurt daily through October Jeddah sub-daily April, May, July, Sept Johannesburg daily year-round Kilmanjaro daily July onward London Heathrow daily, multi-daily year-round Mumbai multi-daily May, November, and December 2018 only N'Djili/Kinshasa sub-daily through May Paris 1x total April Shanghai daily year-round

Finnair

Finnair was one of the earliest launch customers of the Airbus A350 and has utilized this aircraft to transform the long-haul operations from its Helsinki hub. Previously, Finnair operated Airbus A330s and Airbus A340s to serve markets in the Middle East and Asia, but now has 11 A350s in service with an additional 8 on order to fly to these markets as well as seasonal routes to warm destinations. All routes are from Helsinki.

Destination Frequency Period Bangkok daily year-round Ho Chi Minh City 3 total December-only Hong Kong multi-daily year-round Hong Kong daily year-round Krabi 6 flights total December-only London Heathrow daily year-round Osaka daily May-October Phuket less than daily December-only Puerto Vallarta 3 total December-only Seoul daily year-round Shanghai daily year-round Singapore daily year-round Tokyo Narita multi-daily year-round

French Bee

This is another airline you likely have not heard of, and ironically enough, this carrier has two Airbus A350-900s that have been around for some time. The airline used to be called French Blue, but in any case, it exists as a low-cost carrier connecting Paris to Tahiti, with a stopover in San Francisco.

Route Frequency Period Paris Orly - Saint Denis de la Reunion sub-daily year-round Paris Orly - San Francisco sub-daily May 2018 - onward San Francisco - Papeete sub-daily May 2018 - onward

Hong Kong Airlines

Hong Kong Airlines is a newer entrant to the North American market that is owned by HNA Group, the same parent company as Hainan Airlines. It has 4 A350s in service with an additional 15 on order.

Routes Frequency Period Bangkok daily year-round Los Angeles daily year-round San Francisco sub-daily through November Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA) sub-daily year-round Taipei sub-daily through May

Iberia

Iberia does not have any A350s delivered (yet) but will begin to receive them in the next few months. It has already announced the initial A350 routes, including the ones below.

Routes Frequency Period London Heathrow sub-daily July and August New York JFK sub-daily (August), multi-daily (Sept/Oct) August - October only

LATAM Airlines Brasil

LATAM Brasil bases its A350s predominantly in Sao Paulo, with 5 in service and 12 on order. It also has a sub-fleet of A350s that are leased to Qatar Airways, and can be found on the following routes to Doha:

Route Frequency Period Barcelona daily June - October Doha - Beirut daily June - October Doha - Kuwait sub-daily, multi-daily April/May Doha - Munich multi-daily through October Doha - Muscat sub-daily in April Madrid sub-daily October onward Paris daily May onward

Lufthansa

Lufthansa aims to use the A350 to replace its Airbus A340-300 and Airbus A340-600 aircraft. Since the vast majority of these planes are based in Munich, many of the first A350 routes on Lufthansa originate in its Munich hub. It currently has 8 in service and 17 on order.

Route Frequency Period Beijing sub-daily October onward Boston daily year-round Cape Town sub-daily December Chicago O'Hare daily April onward Delhi sub-daily year-round Denver daily through October Hong Kong sub-daily October onward Mexico City sub-daily October onward Mumbai daily through April New York JFK sub-daily August onward Newark daily year-round Seoul sub-daily year-round Shanghai sub-daily June - October Singapore sub-daily year-round Tokyo Haneda sub-daily, daily May onward Vancouver daily May - October

Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines has 4 A350s and 2 on order. All routes originate in Kuala Lumpur.

Route Frequency Period London Heathrow Multi-daily April-onward Osaka Daily August-October Tokyo Narita Daily, multi-daily May-onward

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is the launch customer of the A350, and has the most of any carrier in service (23), with also the largest number of -900s on order (18) and the largest number of -1000s on order (36). It also has 1 of the -1000s in service.

Routes Frequency Period Adelaide daily year-round Atlanta daily year-round Barcelona sub-daily November-onward Beirut sub-daily through October Boston daily year-round Casablanca sub-daily October-onward Copenhagen daily, multi-daily August-October Delhi daily through November Edinburgh daily July-onward Frankfurt daily, multi-daily May-onward Geneva daily year-round Islamabad sub-daily through April Karachi sub-daily through November Lahore sub-daily through April London Heathrow multi-daily year-round Madrid multi-daily year-round Male multi-daily year-round Miami daily year-round Muscat sub-daily May, October and November New York JFK daily year-round Oslo daily November-onward Paris CDG daily year-round Philadelphia daily year-round Phuket daily July-October Singapore multi-daily year-round Tokyo Haneda daily year-round Vienna daily June-onward Zurich multi-daily year-round

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines has the second largest number of Airbus A350-900s in service (21), but has the largest on-order (46) which will place it ahead of Qatar Airways when all of them come online. It has opted for 16 of the -1000 variants.

Route Frequency Period Amsterdam daily year-round Barcelona sub-daily year-round Brisbane multi-daily year-round Dusseldorf sub-daily year-round Hong Kong daily year-round Jakarta multi-daily year-round Manchester sub-daily year-round Manchester-Houston sub-daily year-round Melbourne daily year-round Milan sub-daily year-round Moscow DME sub-daily year-round Moscow DME - Stockholm sub-daily year-round Mumbai daily year-round Munich daily year-round Rome sub-daily year-round San Francisco daily year-round Stockholm sub-daily year-round Tokyo Haneda daily year-round

Thai Airways International

Thai Airways has 11 A350s in service and 1 on order, all of the -9000 family.

Route Frequency Period Beijing daily through October Brussels sub-daily year-round Chiang Mai sub-daily June-October Denpasar daily November-onward Dubai daily April-October Guangzhou daily June-October Melbourne multi-daily year-round Milan sub-daily year-round Osaka daily through October Rome sub-daily year-round Seoul daily year-round Singapore multi-daily through August Tokyo Haneda daily, multi-daily June-October Tokyo Narita daily year-round

Vietnam Airlines

Vietnam Airlines has 11 A350-900s in service and 3 on order.

Route Frequency Period Hanoi - Frankfurt sub-daily year-round Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City multi-daily year-round Hanoi - Paris CDG daily year-round Hanoi - Seoul daily year-round Hanoi - Shanghai daily year-round Hanoi - Tokyo Haneda daily year-round Ho Chi Minh City - Frankfurt sub-daily year-round Ho Chi Minh City - Paris CDG sub-daily year-round Ho Chi Minh City - Shanghai daily through November Ho Chi Minh City - Tokyo Narita daily July-onward

This article was originally published on Travel Codex. Read it at Everywhere You Can Fly the Airbus A350 in 2018.

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So.

Since several people told me before I left that they’re looking forward to reading the blog I might have publicly said I’d (attempt to) write: here she is, folks !!! I’m not sure exactly what to start off with as I sit here in Chiang Mai on the (sadly rock-hard) bed in the condo I’ll be living in for the next month, with my feet propped up because my ankles are swollen from 26 hours of continuous travel and it’s impossibly hot but it just rained for a bit, hard and suddenly, and everything looked so green against a dark, billowing grey sky and the billion heavy drops on my balcony sounded so lush I almost just fell asleep, but here are some fragments (up to 48 hours old):

the guy sitting next to me on my 12-hour flight from JFK to Doha was a very eager and talkative Christian missionary who tried to convert me;

the same thing happened when I was in high school and sat next to a French lady on a plane who gave me a French Jehova’s Witness pamphlet;

how has this happened to me twice?

I slept on the flight. Miracles happen.

That wasn’t a religious comment. Philosophically and poetically though, I think Buddhism is dope, and I’m definitely trying to soak more of that in while I’m here. Thailand is 95% Theravada Buddhist, and there are tons of gorgeous temples (wats) in Chiang Mai.

I read this book on my second flight (from Doha to Bangkok) and I devoured it. I loved it. It is so applicable and relevant to my life in this moment, and I am the main character in so (too?) many ways. Highly recommend, if u like to Read Books & shit.

I marked a lot of pages, but I found this part especially relevant:

I love that. I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m sure as hell accumulating.

I got here a few days early to adjust to the time change before my program (to get my TESOL license) starts, but no one else is here yet and 

today is the King’s funeral (he was the longest-reigning monarch in modern history so this is a really big deal),

which means nothing is open, not even the 7/11 around the corner (which I tried to walk to but neglected to find because

I cannot read Thai, and

if you know me, you know I am hopeless with directions and all things relevant to navigation),

which means I can’t buy drinking water or food for lunch or dinner so the current game plan is to sleep it off. This fast is for you, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

It’s sweltering, but even with everything closed and even if the shower smells questionable I already love it here. There‘s a moat around the old city that reflects the palm trees and they must sweep the streets at night because everything is hot hot hot but clean.

I decided, instead of writing academically and majestically, to write this in my voice. What is my voice? The voice of a recently-graduated 22-year-old figuring shit out, self-transplanted across the globe, hoping the experience might give some kind of jolt. 

What does she sound like? I don’t know yet. Listen to her speak, she’s still becoming.

There was a tiny lizard in the shower earlier. I hope he comes back.

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Longest Non-Stop Flight Titleholder August 2017 Edition

Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and rival Airbus have been working hard on extending flight ranges in their 777/787 and A350/A380 programs since their introduction into service. In combination with lower fuel prices, airlines have been taken risks in flying longer routes non-stop shattering distance current operating records in the process. Experience The Skies have been following the trends since day one and have published two editions of non-stop flight titleholders thus far (2014 Edition), (2016 Edition).  This third edition is expanded with more insights.  

Longest Non-Stop Flight (August 2017)

The following is the top 20 longest non-stop flights in operation as of June 2017 in table and map formats: Rank From To Airline Flight number Distance Scheduled duration (hours) Aircraft type First flight date 1 Auckland (AKL) Doha (DOH) Qatar Airways QR 921 14,524 km (9,025 mi; 7,842 nmi) 17:30 - 17:40 Boeing 777-200LR 6 February 2017 2 Auckland (AKL) Dubai (DXB) Emirates EK 449 14,191 km (8,818 mi; 7,663 nmi) 17:05 - 17:25 Airbus A380-800 2 March 2016 3 Dallas (DFW) Sydney (SYD) Qantas Airways QF 8 13,799 km (8,574 mi; 7,451 nmi) 16:50 - 17:10 Airbus A380-800 29 September 2014 4 Johannesburg (JNB) Atlanta (ATL) Delta Air Lines DL 201 13,573 km (8,434 mi; 7,329 nmi) 16:03 - 16:55 Boeing 777-200LR 1 June 2009 5 San Francisco (SFO) Singapore (SIN) Singapore Airlines SQ 31 13,572 km (8,433 mi; 7,328 nmi) 16:30 - 17:15 Airbus A350-900 23 October 2016 5 United Airlines UA 1 16:25 - 17:25 Boeing 787-9 1 June 2016 7 Abu Dhabi Los Angeles (LAX) Etihad Airways EY 171 13,473 km (8,372 mi; 7,275 nmi) 16:35 - 16:45 Boeing 777-200LR 1 June 2014 8 Dubai (DXB) Los Angeles (LAX) Emirates EK 215 13,391 km (8,321 mi; 7,231 nmi) 16:00 - 16:20 Airbus A380-800 26 October 2008 9 Jeddah (JED) Los Angeles (LAX) Saudia SV 41 13,381 km (8,315 mi; 7,225 nmi) 16:10 - 16:40 Boeing 777-300ER 31 March 2014 10 Doha (DOH) Los Angeles (LAX) Qatar Airways QR 739 13,338 km (8,288 mi; 7,202 nmi) 16:00 - 16:15 Boeing 777-200LR 1 January 2016 11 Dubai (DXB) Houston (IAH) Emirates EK 211 13,115 km (8,149 mi; 7,082 nmi) 16:15 - 16:45 Boeing 777-300ER 3 December 2007 12 Abu Dhabi (AUH) San Francisco (SFO) Etihad Airways EY 183 13,098 km (8,139 mi; 7,072 nmi) 16:10 - 16:15 Boeing 777-200LR 27 April 2016 13 Dubai (DXB) San Francisco (SFO) Emirates EK 225 13,012 km (8,085 mi; 7,026 nmi) 15:50 - 16:15 Airbus A380-800 15 December 2008 14 New York (JFK) Hong Kong (HKG) Cathay Pacific Airways CX 831 CX 841 CX 845 12,962 km (8,054 mi; 6,999 nmi) 15:40 - 16:10 Boeing 777-300ER 1 July 2004 15 Abu Dhabi (AUH) Dallas (DFW) Etihad Airways EY 161 12,960 km (8,053 mi; 6,998 nmi) 16:05 - 16:35 Boeing 777-200LR 3 December 2014 16 Newark (EWR) Hong Kong (HKG) Cathay Pacific Airways CX 899 12,951 km (8,047 mi; 6,993 nmi) 15:45 - 15:50 Boeing 777-300ER 1 March 2014 16 United Airlines UA 179 15:55 - 16:00 Boeing 777-200ER 1 March 2001 18 Dallas (DFW) Hong Kong (HKG) American Airlines AA 125 12,945 km (8,044 mi; 6,990 nmi) 16:20 - 17:05 Boeing 777-300ER 11 June 2014 19 Doha (DOH) Houston (IAH) Qatar Airways QR 713 12,923 km (8,030 mi; 6,978 nmi) 15:50 - 16:40 Boeing 777-200LR 31 March 2009 20 Dubai (DXB) Dallas (DFW) Emirates EK 221 12,911 km (8,023 mi; 6,971 nmi) 16:00 - 16:15 Boeing 777-300ER 2 February 2012  

2017 Top 20 Longest Non-Stop Flights Map        Source: Great Circle Mapper   First place continues to belong to Qatar Airways' flight from Auckland Airport (AKL) to Doha's Hamad International Airport (DOH) with a Boeing 777-200LR in a two class configuration with 259 seats (42 Business and 217 Economy). This flight has been in operation since February 2017. Due to their geographic locations, Middle East based airlines Emirates, Qatar Airways, Saudia and Etihad Airways own 60% of the top 20 longest flights.  

Plane Types

  2017 Longest Flight Aircraft Analysis  Boeing owns 75% of the top 20 list with Airbus taking the remaining 25%. The Boeing 777-200LR (long range) continues to be the aircraft type of choice for the longest non-stop flights.

Future Flights

Within the next seven months, three airlines will start operating ultra long haul flights with Boeing 787-9s: First up is United Airlines which will make the top 5 with a new non-stop year-round flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Singapore's Changi Airport (SIN) starting October 2017. The Star Alliance airline will also use a Boeing 787-9 aircraft configured with a two class cabin totally 252 seats (48 Business and 204 Economy split between 88 Plus and 116 Regular). The flight will cover 14,114 kilometres (7,621 nmi) with a flight time of approximately 17 h 55 m. This will be Qantas Airways longest flight ever. It will be the longest flight operated by a US carrier and from a US city. Air Canada will begin new non-stop seasonal service between its hub in Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) in December 2017. While it will be using the same Boeing 787-9 aircraft for the operation like the other two carriers, its version will be configured with the most seats at 298 (30 Business, 21 Premium Economy and 247 Economy).  The flight has a distance of 13,200 kilometres (7,100 nmi) and be completed in around 16 hours. This route would be operated during the winter season and will be the longest Canadian flight eclipsing Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG). Finally, Qantas Airways will crack the top 3 with a new non-stop year-round flight between Perth Airport (PER) to  London's Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting in March 2018. The flight will be flown with to be delivered Boeing 787-9 aircraft configured with a three class cabin totalling 236 seats (42 Business, 28 Premium Economy and 166 Economy). The flight will cover 14,499 kilometres (7,829 nmi) with a flight time of approximately 17 hours. The extra distance is achieved due to ~20% less seat count than the recommended two class configuration of 290.  This will be Qantas Airways longest flight ever and is the first non-stop flight ever from Australia to Europe.

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The longest non-stop flight in the world was launched in February 2017 by Qatar Airways who will likely keep the crown for at least a year. All continents are featured except for South America and Antarctica in the top 20 list. Airlines from the Middle East will continue to have the majority share of the longest non-stop flights until newer aircrafts are available. They will be discussed in a later post. Click to Post