THE world’s longest commercial flight is on its way to Newark, having taken off from Singapore last night for a massive 16,700km journey taking almost 19 hours.
Singapore Airlines’ new service aboard its Airbus A350-900ULR long-range aircraft is currently ahead of schedule and due to land at 5.11am today local time (8pm AEDT).
The service has no Economy class, with just 67 Business class and 94 Premium Economy seats.
Source: traveldaily