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airman13
18th Jul 2010, 14:40
is lax-dxb?
bfisk
18th Jul 2010, 15:06
Negatory.
Singapore Airlines currently operate the longest nonstop commercial flight, between New York (Newark) and Singapore, as SQ21. Great circle distance is 9535 miles, while LAX-DXB is 8339.
SQ21 is scheduled at 18:30 hours, while the return flight from Singapore, SQ22, is scheduled at 18:15. It is operated in a one-class-only A340.
Anansis
18th Jul 2010, 16:43
SQ21 is scheduled at 18:30 hours, while the return flight from Singapore, SQ22, is scheduled at 18:15. It is operated in a one-class-only A340.
Am I right in assuming that one class is either business or first?
AircraftOperations
18th Jul 2010, 18:37
Think it's 100 business class seats on their A340-500 for this flight.
Doors to Automatic
19th Jul 2010, 22:13
This service used to offer a mix of Business and Premium Economy but now operates as all-business. The economics do not lend themselves to anything other than premium traffic as the fuel costs on such a sector are astronomical, plus they are only getting one sector out of each aircraft per day.
airman13
21st Jul 2010, 13:50
thank you guys!
fireflybob
21st Jul 2010, 16:49
So when will we see London - Sydney non stop?
1991 operated by Qantas in a B747-400..................
Mutt
1991 operated by Qantas in a B747-400..................
Yup, back to the future.
'New' guys have NO idea....and likely never will.:}
Max Angle
21st Jul 2010, 22:34
Yes but it was a delivery flight and carried no passengers.
Minosavy Masta
21st Jul 2010, 22:38
Hey Mutt....they mean with PAX ...not towed to the end of the Runway ,using special fuel, sorry but the -400 is just not the machine to do LHR..SYD nonstops on anything other than publicity stunt delivery Flights :=
Rush2112
22nd Jul 2010, 02:33
Am I right in assuming that one class is either business or first?
Yes, as mentioned, all business class configuration.
A friend of mine has done the trip once and said it was hell, 18+ hours just too much and the next time he had occasion to NY he went via Frankfurt (I think) just to get a break!
Wannabe Flyer
22nd Jul 2010, 04:43
Non-stop flight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_flight)
carried no passengers Are you sure about that? I know that it didn't carry a full load, but it did carry commercial passengers !!
Mutt
forget
22nd Jul 2010, 09:18
There's a complete thread on the QANTAS flight here. Great read. :ok:
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting-points/76314-chrissy-present-qantas.html
Max Angle
22nd Jul 2010, 09:32
Actually it was 1989 not 1991. Empty aircraft and special dense fuel (SG of .84), you can access a .pdf file of Flight International's report of the flight here:
1989 | 2606 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%202606.html)
Doors to Automatic
26th Jul 2010, 16:41
Not quite the same length but EWR-DEL is only about 2 hours shorter and this one does offer economy class! Imagine being stuck in the middle of the 2-5-2 cabin for 16+ hours !
renfrew
26th Jul 2010, 17:42
How about 30 hours in the air.
Wartime Qantas Catalina service from Ceylon to Perth.