Longest Non-Stop Flight From Singapore To New York If you’ve been on long flights across the world, you’d know how exhausting they can be. Connecting flights are already a bore because of the long hours in transit. Now imagine spending all that time in the air. A group of people had a chance to try that when Singapore Airlines (SIA) launched the world’s longest flight on Thursday (11 Oct) at roughly 11.35pm local time. Here’s a quick look at everything you need to know about the flight. The people on board Flight SQ22 was operated by a long-range Airbus A350-900 Ultra Long Range which can carry up to 161 passengers. Of these, 94 are premium economy and 67 are business class. But just 150 passengers were on the inaugural flight that covered 16, 700 kilometers over 19 hours from Singapore to New York. Among the 150 is a group called “First to Fly”, comprising flight enthusiasts who have been on board all of SIA’s inaugural flights. Source Serving them was a 17-strong flight crew consisted of the 2 pilots, 13 cabin crew and 2 first officers. First officers are the co-pilots who are second-in-command to the captain. On board SQ22 The plane’s […]
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