Qantas propaganda or poor reporting

[clazman]

news.com.au is talking about Qantas about to commence the worlds longest flight of nearly 16 hours (15.5 hours) ... Sydney to Dallas..... but Cathay do HK to NY which is 16 hours

 

[Mal]

Distance wise, Qantas wins : Great Circle Mapper

 

[Sprucegoose]

Thought it would be longer against the wind than with it so yes at least some basic errors in the report

 

[sweens]

The answer is:

The distance between Sydney and Dallas, Texas, as the crowflies is 13814 km
The distance between Hong Kong and New York, as the crowflies :is 13033 km

 

[Austman]

news.com.au is talking about Qantas about to commence the worlds longest flight of nearly 16 hours (15.5 hours) ... Sydney to Dallas..... but Cathay do HK to NY which is 16 hours

But DFW-SYD on QF8 is now non-stop and scheduled at 16h55m.