The longest pax flight
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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 
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!
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!
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There's a complete thread on the QANTAS flight here. Great read. 
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting...nt-qantas.html
http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-reporting...nt-qantas.html
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
1989 | 2606 | Flight Archive
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 !
