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    Default The World's Longest Commercial Flight

    On Sunday a Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completed a commercial test flight from New York to Sydney lasting 19 hours 16 minutes.

    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ntl/index.html

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    Eeek! I have been on a couple of 14-15 hour flights. They're torture. Unless they give you 1st class seating, 19+ hours won't be something you'll want to do again.

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    There is currently in flight a Qantas Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flying nonstop from London to Sydney.

    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...Search+Results

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    Eeek! I have been on a couple of 14-15 hour flights. They're torture. Unless they give you 1st class seating, 19+ hours won't be something you'll want to do again.
    I can imagine even worse scenario: Traveling such long distance with a baby / infant...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan-Sam View Post
    I can imagine even worse scenario: Traveling such long distance with a baby / infant...
    Even worse if it's someone ELSE'S infant!!!!!!
    Then you can't even try to shut it up...………………….
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Test is right as the service is not able to operate within current aviation regulations. But hopefully someone will stump up the cash to develop scramjets and get HOTOL going (on the drawing board since I was a youngster) so we can do London to Sydney in 45 minutes

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    ...and the competition is on.

    I feel for thsoe passengers.

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    Might even tempt me to go and look up Baz and Zoe if we could do it in 45 minutes!Notwithstanding the cost of the fare.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Longest flight I've been been on was Vancouver to Manila and then the same leg back - about 13-14 hours if I remember. I can't sleep on aircraft. Ugghh....

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    The nonstop London to Sydney flight arrived safely and set a new longest record for a commercial flight, although it was just a test run.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...-sets-20885819



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