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Ultra-Long-Haul: Who’s Flying Where?

Mar 21, 2016

Jens Flottau | Aviation Week & Space Technology

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  Since early March, Emirates has been operating the world’s longest flight from Dubai to Auckland that, at close to 7,500 nm, is a few minutes longer than Qantas’s Sydney-Dallas flight.

  The carrier used an Airbus A380 for the first flight but typically deploys a Boeing 777-200LR.

  Emirates postponed the launch of its Dubai-Panama City service, which would have been the world’s longest route, until 2017 for commercial reasons.

  
  

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A growing number of airlines are introducing ultra-long-haul services. Early in March, Emirates opened what for now is the world’s longest route, from Dubai to Auckland. It will be superseded by Qatar Airways’ Doha, Qatar-Auckland flight, to be launched in December. Other airlines are planning similarly long flights, such as United Airline’s San Francisco-Singapore route. Carriers are taking advantage of lower fuel prices, which make ultra-long-haul missions more economically viable, and the availability of new more fuel-efficient widebody aircraft—such as the Boeing 787-9 and the Airbus A350—as they grow their networks. For now, the Boeing 777-200LR remains the standard aircraft for the segment.