Singapore – New York: the longest flight in the world

Singapore – New York: the flight sás throughout the world begins its operations on 11 October with the new avión Ultra Long Range Airbus A350 ONLY.

This flight marká a new world record as the commercial flight más largo. It's an operationón requireá 18 hours and 45 minutes of flight approximately, may vary depending onún wind conditions en route.

Although this flight is not new, since the same Singapore Airlines operated itó until November 2013, It is an important milestone for the operationón long-haul aircraft úlatest technologyía.

The new más largo

Añthe back toños, the aerosolsíairlines have competed to take over the largest commercial flightás throughout the world, but finally it arrivedó a route to beá very difficultíeasy to beat.

The non-stop flight from the Airport Singapore International towards Newark Liberty International Airport in New York liftá the límite, requiring almost 19 hours of flight in one tripíto of más de 9.500 miles.

This flight has some peculiarities, especially in the operationón and characteríspecial features of the aircraft that will be flowná this new routeás longest in the world, The Airbus A350-900 XWB ULR.

The flights málong s 2018

¿Can you imagine being inside an airplane?ón for más de 15 Or until 18?

These are the flights you can take daily.íto today and what isán within the TOP 10 of longer duration routesón and distance in the world:

Definitely, Singapore Airlines imposes a great challengeíor for the industry in the face of the need of each díto connect más cities located at a greater distance from each other, ¿cuáthe beingá the líhalf of these ultra long flights?

Some stillálysis indicate that the límit arriveíat at 21 flight hours, This is because the technologyíto current thereíhas reached its límite and to extend flights toún más, will be requiredá of new studies, materials and designñthat allow flights to be extended, but maintaining efficiency, comfort and safety, a más of physiol factorsógics of being inside a closed, pressurized space for long periods of time.

Ultra Long Range Airbus A350 ONLY

The aircraft that will be carriedá the new world flight record más throughout the world was delivered to Singapore Airlines on 22 September 2018 in Toulouse, France and also saysén a great challengeío for Boeing.

It's avión is a new variant of the Airbus A350-900, named url – Ultra Long Rangeés and apply new settings, adaptations and smallñthe changes in the designñor carried out jointly between the aerolíline and manufacturer to be able to achieve this flight.

The main characterístatics of this avión sound, among other:

• Pesos mátakeoff time 280 tons.
• Winglets más big with the Aerodynamic Performance Improvement package.
• Complete connectivity with WiFi and úlast generationóon-board entertainment.
• Solo 2 lessons (67 seats in Business Class and 95 en Premium Economy Class), which means fewer passengers and increases autonomyíto the ancestorsón, but alsoén the price of each ticket.
• can load 24.000 additional liters of fuel without additional tanks.
• can fly más de 20 non-stop hours.
• Special cabin with air system, windows and lightingón to reduce jet lag.
• can fly up 9.700 miles náUticas.

Singapore Airlines is the launch customer for this version.ón especial, being the main operator of the aircraftón with 67 aircraft ordered from Airbus, of which 7 they are the verseón A350-900ULR.

It's avión también operateá routes to Los Angeles and San Francisco, that alsoén are part of the flights más in the world from Singapore.