World's Longest Flight
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Not quite - arriving passengers arrive into the arrivals airside area (Australia being quite uncommon in not allowing arriving and departing passengers to mix in international).
If you transit to another international, you have to pass screening to access the international departure lounge.
Nowhere I know of in Oz does at-gate screening
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Not quite - arriving passengers arrive into the arrivals airside area (Australia being quite uncommon in not allowing arriving and departing passengers to mix in international).
If you transit to another international, you have to pass screening to access the international departure lounge.
Nowhere I know of in Oz does at-gate screening
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Long way and a long flight.
P2V Neptune ex Pearce WA to Columbus Ohio USA, 11,236 Miles and 55h 17m just after the war
Only 4 Pilots, and one small local 'roo as a mascot
Men were men in those times.
P2V Neptune ex Pearce WA to Columbus Ohio USA, 11,236 Miles and 55h 17m just after the war
Only 4 Pilots, and one small local 'roo as a mascot
Men were men in those times.
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Long way and a long flight.
P2V Neptune ex Pearce WA to Columbus Ohio USA, 11,236 Miles and 55h 17m just after the war
Only 4 Pilots, and one small local 'roo as a mascot
Men were men in those times.
P2V Neptune ex Pearce WA to Columbus Ohio USA, 11,236 Miles and 55h 17m just after the war
Only 4 Pilots, and one small local 'roo as a mascot
Men were men in those times.
55+ hours?
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for which one must Que and usually it is 
when the door opens, if not terrible 
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I should imagine that to keep EK happy AIAL will be happy to make full length available.
How do SQ cope with full loads in the big bus and a midday(ish) departure?
How do SQ cope with full loads in the big bus and a midday(ish) departure?
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AIAL don't have the option to make the full length available. Also, I imagine that a 17.5 hour leg in the B777 would require more runway than a 10 hour leg in the A380.
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The NZAIP suggest the most restrictive runway reduction will mean a TORA on 23L of 3143m at its worst. Not an issue even for a fully loaded 77L at typical NZAA night-time temps.
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/supplement...upp_4feb16.pdf
http://www.aip.net.nz/pdf/supplement...upp_4feb16.pdf
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What specifically is the problem with transfer process in SYD, MEL and BNE?
Compared to Asia, it can be very slow and airports aren't designed as well as an transit point. Having to re-clear security, adds to the process which isn't done in some other transit points.
The bigger problem I have with the Australia transfer system is that the last 3 times my luggage has gone AWOL for 1-2 days!
I'll probably try DXB-AKL once, and then go back to the A380 + extra stop in Australia + QF status credits + points
That long stuck in the back of a John Deere would certainly make it feel like the worlds longest flight.
Straying from the topic but to go back to Metro Man's comment;
"3000 aircraft movements recorded in the Pearl River Delta one day last year with predictions of 5000 in a few years."
To show the surge of growth continues from China, Hong Kong had over 2,100 flights in its small FIR on Saturday (yes, Chinese New Year travel starting). Almost 1,250 at HKIA.
Add a similar number for Guangzhou, close to 1,000 for Shenzhen and nearly 200 for Macau and the Pearl River Delta terminal area handled about 3,700 flights within an 80NM radius of HK.
Yes other places in the World are doing higher figures but all this has ramped up in less than 15 years.
Hence the difficulty in obtaining slots and the reduction in flights transiting through to Europe.
"3000 aircraft movements recorded in the Pearl River Delta one day last year with predictions of 5000 in a few years."
To show the surge of growth continues from China, Hong Kong had over 2,100 flights in its small FIR on Saturday (yes, Chinese New Year travel starting). Almost 1,250 at HKIA.
Add a similar number for Guangzhou, close to 1,000 for Shenzhen and nearly 200 for Macau and the Pearl River Delta terminal area handled about 3,700 flights within an 80NM radius of HK.
Yes other places in the World are doing higher figures but all this has ramped up in less than 15 years.
Hence the difficulty in obtaining slots and the reduction in flights transiting through to Europe.
