Dubai to Panama City to become longest commercial flight

[Foreigner]

By Emirates, 17h35m, using B777-200 airplane:

Emirates announces world's longest non-stop flight from Dubai to Panama City | Daily Mail Online

 

[Mattg]

Quite a random route. Anyone else think they've done this just so they can steal the "world's longest route" title from Qantas? (By 10 miles, as it happens.)

 

[smit0847]

Sometimes it feels like they use a map as a dart board for their route map.

 

[im.daniel]

I wonder if they can get a codeshare going with CM - their network in Central/Latin/South America + Caribbean is mighty impressive.

 

[boomy]

Meh, SQ used to operate SIN-EWR 19 hours direct flight until 2013.

I'll be impressed when the 20 hours non-stop goal will be reached...

 

[Mattg]

Meh, SQ used to operate SIN-EWR 19 hours direct flight until 2013.

I'll be impressed when the 20 hours non-stop goal will be reached...

My money is on a direct EK DXB-AKL flight taking over the top spot in the near future.

 

[RooFlyer]

Meh, SQ used to operate SIN-EWR 19 hours direct flight until 2013.

I'll be impressed when the 20 hours non-stop goal will be reached...

But not in EK economy!!

 

[boomy]

But not in EK economy!!

Not in economy on any airline!!

 

[Foreigner]

But not in EK economy!!

That would be torture.

 

[snabbu]

PTY as a turning point on a MR is one of the easiest in the world so this could be quite lucrative for the hard core runners.

 

[JessicaTam]

PTY as a turning point on a MR is one of the easiest in the world so this could be quite lucrative for the hard core runners.

Seriously hard core!

 

[Himeno]

I'll be impressed when the 20 hours non-stop goal will be reached...

Isn't the 'target' for such a route SYD-LHR?

 

[samh004]

Isn't the 'target' for such a route SYD-LHR?

And VH-OJA already has it, flying London to Sydney in 20 hours, 9 minutes and 5 seconds in August 1989... though without passengers!