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Singapore Airlines resumes world"s longest flight

After five years, Singapore Airlines is resuming the world's longest commercial flight between Singapore and New York -- a 19-hour non-stop flight. Thuy Ong reports......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 11th, 2018

Clear skies: new curbs mean fresh hit for airlines

Countries around the world introduced fresh flight curbs Monday, meaning yet more airliners are stuck on the ground. Julian Satterthwaite reports......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersMar 23rd, 2020

Skies clear as more flights grounded by growing coronavirus curbs

Widening curbs on travel to contain the spread of the coronavirus led airlines to ramp up flight cancellations on Monday, with new restrictions spanning Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 23rd, 2020

Singapore Airlines to cut capacity further as coronavirus weighs

Singapore Airlines on Tuesday said it would cut capacity further as border controls are enforced across the world in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic......»»

Category: topSource: reutersMar 17th, 2020

United cuts flight schedules around the world due to coronavirus and expects to report a Q1 loss

United Airlines Holdings Inc. said in a Tuesday filing that it will be cutting flight capacity 10% domestically and 20% internationally in April due to the coronavirus out.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 10th, 2020

Travel Sector Collapses Into "Great Crisis" Amid Slump In Flight Bookings

Travel Sector Collapses Into "Great Crisis" Amid Slump In Flight Bookings Airlines have canceled more than 200,000 flights as Covid-19 nears pandemic status. Retail outlets at airports across the world have reported a.....»»

Category: blogSource: zerohedgeMar 4th, 2020

United cuts more flights to Asia, extends China cancellations

United Airlines said Friday it was cutting flights to Japan, South Korea and Singapore and extending flight cancellations to China in response to the coronavirus outbreak......»»

Category: topSource: reutersFeb 28th, 2020

These 10 global flight routes are where airlines made the most money in 2018 and 2019

REUTERS/Toby Melville Air travel data firm OAG ranked the highest revenue-generating routes for airlines in the world for the 12-month period from April 2018 to March 2019, revealing which routes are most important to some of the world's top airlines......»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderFeb 22nd, 2020

Victims of the fatal Ukraine plane crash included students from the world"s best universities, newlyweds, and a wife separated from her husband by a ticket error (BA)

Reuters/Nazanin Tabatabaee;Imperial College London A Ukraine International Airlines flight carrying 176 people crashed minutes after it took off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport early on Wednesday. There were no survivors. The victim.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 10th, 2020

Victims of the fatal Ukraine plane crash included students from the world"s best universities, and families traveling back from the holidays (BA)

Reuters/Nazanin Tabatabaee;Imperial College London A Ukraine International Airlines flight carrying 176 people crashed minutes after it took off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport early on Wednesday. There were no .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJan 9th, 2020

World’s longest flight will fly on Airbus planes, not Boeing

Qantas Airways Ltd. picked Airbus SE to provide ultra long-range planes for planned direct services that will stretch halfway round the world, a blow to Boeing Co. after a two-year competition to land the deal......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralDec 13th, 2019

On board Qantas" ultra-long haul test flight

When I signed up to join a trial run of the world's longest commercial flight, I expected an exercise in endurance but not steak for breakfast and a physical work-out regime......»»

Category: topSource: reutersNov 15th, 2019

Inside Qantas" London to Sydney test flight

Qantas Airways completed a 19-hour and 19-minute non-stop test flight from London to Sydney, as it nears a decision on whether to order planes for what would be the world's longest-ever commercial route......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersNov 15th, 2019

A look inside Qantas" London-Sydney test flight

Qantas Airways completed a 19 -hour and 19-minute non-stop test flight from London to Sydney on Friday, as it nears a decision on whether to order planes for what would be the world's longest-ever commercial route. Michelle Hennessy reports......»»

Category: videoSource: reutersNov 15th, 2019

I sat in every type of seat on Qantas" new world"s longest flight from New York to Sydney, Australia. Here"s what they were like.

David Slotnick/Business Insider Qantas recently tested the new world's longest flight, a nearly 20-hour nonstop from New York to Sydney, Australia, using the B.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 10th, 2019

Here"s how pilots on the world"s new longest flight will stay rested and alert for the 20 hours from New York to Sydney

David Slotnick/Business Insider Qantas just completed the fi.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 21st, 2019

The new longest flight in the world just landed after nearly 20 hours in the air

The new longest flight in the world just landed after nearly 20 hours in the air.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 20th, 2019

Qantas tests world"s longest commercial flight from New York to Sydney

Australia's flag carrier Qantas completed on Sunday a nonstop test flight from New York to Sydney, researching how the world's longest potential commercial airplane journey of nearly 20 hours would impact pilots, crew and passengers......»»

Category: topSource: reutersOct 19th, 2019

The longest flight in the world just landed after nearly 20 hours in the air

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Category: topSource: businessinsiderOct 19th, 2019

American Airlines pilots pushing for more reliable flight scheduling

Pilots at the world's largest airline in a new video confess they too feel the ugly effects of flight delays and cancellations that have impacted American Airlines operations in recent months......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 15th, 2019

These Are Longest Direct Flights in the World

On October 5, 1941, the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean ended in Wenatchee, Washington, 41 hours after the plane left Japan. Thankfully, transoceanic flights are much faster nowadays,........»»

Category: blogSource: 247wallstAug 22nd, 2019