Singapore Airlines Preps to Launch World's Longest Non-stop Flight

May 1, 2018
The Singapore flight to New York will be about one hour longer than the current world record holder for longest flight, Qatar’s route from Auckland to Doha.

By the end of this year, Singapore Airlines hopes to take back the record for world’s longest flight on a newly developed aircraft.

Airbus will unveil its new A350-900 Ultra Long-Range jet later this year, and Singapore is slated to be the first airline to receive the plane, according to Straits Times.

Singapore Airlines previously operated a flight from Singapore to Newark, but cancelled the route in 2013 because of prohibitive operational costs.

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