By Montserrat Arqué
05 Oct 2023, 11:44 AM EDT
There is no doubt that when we want to take a trip to a city far from ours or to another country or continent, doing it by plane is the most comfortable way to do it.
Air travel can turn out to be a pleasant and unique experience, not only because you are about to arrive at one of your favorite destinations or the one you always imagined you would visit one day; However, we also have the other side of the coin, where they can become a nightmare.
There can be multiple factors that make a plane trip something terrible, such as security failures during the flight, attitude of airline staff or other passengers, problems with luggage, delays and duration of the flight.
On this point, there are people who without problems can sit on the plane for up to 12 hours, without having to make any type of stopover, but there are those who experience this situation as a truly titanic task.
On average, a flight from a country in North America to Europe lasts just that many hours. But there is a destination where it practically takes you a whole day of flying to get there.
How long is today’s longest flight?
According to several reports, the longest plane trip in the world that currently exists is the one made by Singapore Airlines and that leaves from New York, specifically from John F. Kennedy International Airport, heading to Singapore Changi Airport, the which lasts a total of 19 hours.
The airline began flying this route in 2021, with the intention that passengers would be a little safer from Covid-19 infections during the pandemic and to prevent some sick travelers from coming into contact with people or passengers from other countries. .
This flight travels 15,348 kilometers in that amount of time.
It has also been rated as effective in shortening time and saving on flight fees and the Airport Use Fee (TUA).
At the moment, this flight holds this record, which will be surpassed by the end of 2025, when the Australian airline Qantas Airways inaugurates what will be “the longest route in the world”, which will depart from Sydney Airport to Sydney International Airport. Heathrow in London. It is estimated to fly a distance of 17,020 kilometers.
The flight will cross time zones, so you will see 2 sunrises during the trip, as it will last almost 20 hours.
It will be made on an Airbus A350-1000, the largest wide-body aircraft in the airline industry, with 238 seats, including 6 first class suites, 52 business class, 40 premium economy class seats and 140 economy class seats with rows of 3 seats.
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