a330pilotcanada
6th Apr 2013, 14:26
This was taken from the latest Air Canada News about a non-stop ferry flight from Singapore to Toronto after maintenance.
This certainly demonstrates the long range of the B-777-300 and is any body aware of a longer flight? Does the B-777-200 have longer range?
AIR CANADA NEWS
Air Canada’s longest B777 flight. A ferry flight recently operated from Singapore to Toronto clocked in as our longest B777 flight at Air Canada. Operations Control YYZ SOC and Flight Dispatch in SOC reported that Fin 733, B777-300 pushed back at 0635 on April 2, 2013 and arrived on the gate at 0014 on April 3, 2013 for a total time of 17:40 minutes. The in-air time from takeoff to touchdown was 16:57, with the flight airborne at 0710 April 2, 2013 and touchdown at 0006 on April 3, 2013. The ferry flight distance was 8,780 miles and the flight burned 117 metric tons of fuel.
“As a point of reference, currently the longest scheduled passenger flight in the world is Singapore Airlines from Newark to Singapore which is a distance of 8,285 miles, the second longest passenger flights is also Singapore Airlines from Los Angeles to Singapore with a distance of only 7,621 miles. So our ferry flight flew 495 miles longer than the longest scheduled flight in the world and 1,269 miles longer than the second longest flight in the world.”
This certainly demonstrates the long range of the B-777-300 and is any body aware of a longer flight? Does the B-777-200 have longer range?
AIR CANADA NEWS
Air Canada’s longest B777 flight. A ferry flight recently operated from Singapore to Toronto clocked in as our longest B777 flight at Air Canada. Operations Control YYZ SOC and Flight Dispatch in SOC reported that Fin 733, B777-300 pushed back at 0635 on April 2, 2013 and arrived on the gate at 0014 on April 3, 2013 for a total time of 17:40 minutes. The in-air time from takeoff to touchdown was 16:57, with the flight airborne at 0710 April 2, 2013 and touchdown at 0006 on April 3, 2013. The ferry flight distance was 8,780 miles and the flight burned 117 metric tons of fuel.
“As a point of reference, currently the longest scheduled passenger flight in the world is Singapore Airlines from Newark to Singapore which is a distance of 8,285 miles, the second longest passenger flights is also Singapore Airlines from Los Angeles to Singapore with a distance of only 7,621 miles. So our ferry flight flew 495 miles longer than the longest scheduled flight in the world and 1,269 miles longer than the second longest flight in the world.”