A Boeing 777 departed from Doha, Qatar on Sunday and landed in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday after flying 9,031 miles (14,535 kilometers). The return flight touched down in Doha late on Monday. The scheduled time for that leg is 17 hours and 30 minutes.

 

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, who traveled on board the inaugural flight, said the new Auckland service was "an important milestone" in the airline's global expansion.

The previous record was held by Gulf rival Emirates. Its Dubai to Auckland service is now the world's second longest at 8,823 miles.

Related: The world's shortest super jumbo flight

 

One airline does fly a longer route — Air India's 9,408-mile outbound flight from Delhi to San Francisco — but it flies a much shorter distance on the return leg.

Qatar's route is the shortest possible distance between Doha and Auckland.

Other airlines are also adding ultra long haul flights to their timetables.

Travelers will soon be able to fly from Australia to Europe without stopping after Qantas announced in December the first direct passenger route between the two continents.

The Perth-London service will cover 9,009 miles (14,498 kilometers) when it begins March 2018.

And Qatar's status won't go unchallenged for long. Singapore Airlines is planning to resume its Singapore to New York's John F. Kennedy route next year. Analysts expect that one will be hard to beat.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/06/news/qatar-airways-longest-flight-doha-auckland/

Top 10 | The world’s longest flights

1. 1.Doha-Auckland, Qatar Airways, 9,028 miles
2. 2.Dubai-Auckland, Emirates, 8,824 miles
3. 3.Sydney-Dallas, Qantas, 8,578 miles
4. 4.San Francisco-Singapore, United Airlines & Singapore Airlines, 8,446 miles
5. 5.Atlanta-Johannesburg, Delta, 8,439 miles
6. 6.Abu Dhabi-Los Angeles, Etihad, 8,390 miles
7. 7.Dubai-Los Angeles, Emirates, 8,339 miles
8. 8.Jeddah-Los Angeles, Saudia, 8,332 miles
9. 9.Doha-Los Angeles, Qatar Airways, 8,306 miles
10. 10.Dubai-Houston, Emirates, 8,168 miles

 

How to | Pass the time on a 17-hour flight

1. 1.Challenge your travelling partner to a paper aeroplane making contest. Persuade the pilot to judge it.
2. 2.Or see who can do the best accent from each country you fly over.
3. 3.Try to write down every US state in 20 minutes. Then every UK county.
4. 4.Then have a crack at these geographical riddles: A) Name the six countries that begin and end in the same letter, excluding the letter "a", and B) Which country has every vowel?
5. 5.An aeroplane drinking game? Consume two fingers every time there's turbulence; order tequilas if someone starts snoring (please drink responsibly).
6. 6.Pretend you've got the same drinking problem as Ted Striker from Airplane!
7. 7.Read the world's longest book: Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, which totals 1,267,069 words. Or failing that, Tolstoy's War and Peace, which comes in at 561,093.
8. 8.See if you can get an upgrade. Try complaining that you need more legroom or that you have a phobia of confined spaces. See our guide for other ideas. Failing that, see how close you can get to the first class cabin before a steward challenges you. Do it as a group, taking turns to try. Extra points for managing to sneak in.
9. 9.Watch a whole series of 24. Once you've removed the 15 minutes of ads, an entire series actually lasts around 17 hours. Perfect.
10. 10.Organise a pub quiz with other people on board. Geeky aviation questions are a must.
11. 11.Get a willing stewardess to kick off a game of charades (Snakes on a Plane is mandatory).
12. 12.Listen to the world's longest album - four times. That would be Cardiff outfit Quiet Marauder's 111-track, four-and-a-half-hour debut album.
13. 13.Flying in business class? See how many yoga poses you can do on a flatbed.
14. 14.Try to start a Mexican wave.
15. 15.Listen to the Serial podcast. It will fill at least half the journey.
16. 16.Watch the most inappropriate film you can find. Qantas once showed Flight, starring Denzil Washington as an alcoholic pilot. What can you unearth?
17. 17.Take turns to quote classic lines from Airplane! "Yes, I remember. I had lasagna".
18. 18.Turn you air sickness bag into a piece of art.
19. 19.Make paper hats out of the in-flight magazine - and then launch your own catwalk fashion show down the aisle.
20.  
21. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/longest-flight-in-the-world-qatar-doha-auckland/

Edited February 7, 20178 yr by Athavan CH

 

சிங்கப்பூர் ஏர்லைன்ஸ் நியூ யோர்க் வருகிறது ...........
அது வர அந்த ரெகார்டை யாரும் அடிக்க முடியாது 

8 hours ago, Maruthankerny said:

சிங்கப்பூர் ஏர்லைன்ஸ் நியூ யோர்க் வருகிறது ...........
அது வர அந்த ரெகார்டை யாரும் அடிக்க முடியாது 

இடைத் தரிப்பின்றி வருகிறதா மருதர், 

On 2/8/2017 at 10:18 AM, Athavan CH said:

இடைத் தரிப்பின்றி வருகிறதா மருதர், 

ஆம்...... இன்னமும் இல்லை இந்த மே மாதம் முதல் 
பசுபிக் வழியாக.