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Where do the limits lie for ultra-long-haul air travel?
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 532" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ultra-long-haul-flying-longest-flight-new-york-singapore-sydney-london-istanbul-melbourne-a8581581.html" target="_blank"><strong>Where do the limits lie for ultra-long-haul air travel? - Independent</strong></a></p><p></p><p>If you have encountered CNN’s Richard Quest on a flight, there’s a good chance that it was setting a new aviation endurance record. In March, the business journalist was aboard the inaugural non-stop flight from <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/london-perth-nonstop-flight-qantas-direct-heathrow-dreamliner-best-seats-a8251261.html" target="_blank">Australia to the UK</a>, Qantas flight 9 from Perth to London – a point-to-point distance of 9,009 miles.</p><p> </p><p>And early on Friday morning, at New York’s Newark Airport, he stepped from <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/world-longest-nonstop-flight-singapore-new-york-airbus-a350-tailwind-a8580871.html" target="_blank">Singapore Airlines flight 22</a> at the end of a marathon trip from Southeast Asia, 9,534 miles away, in just under 18 hours.</p><p> </p><p>But Mr Quest may have a wait before he checks in for another record breaker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 532, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ultra-long-haul-flying-longest-flight-new-york-singapore-sydney-london-istanbul-melbourne-a8581581.html'][B]Where do the limits lie for ultra-long-haul air travel? - Independent[/B][/URL] If you have encountered CNN’s Richard Quest on a flight, there’s a good chance that it was setting a new aviation endurance record. In March, the business journalist was aboard the inaugural non-stop flight from [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/london-perth-nonstop-flight-qantas-direct-heathrow-dreamliner-best-seats-a8251261.html']Australia to the UK[/URL], Qantas flight 9 from Perth to London – a point-to-point distance of 9,009 miles. And early on Friday morning, at New York’s Newark Airport, he stepped from [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/world-longest-nonstop-flight-singapore-new-york-airbus-a350-tailwind-a8580871.html']Singapore Airlines flight 22[/URL] at the end of a marathon trip from Southeast Asia, 9,534 miles away, in just under 18 hours. But Mr Quest may have a wait before he checks in for another record breaker. [/QUOTE]
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