Those of us who can only afford to fly in economy* class dread every minute we are in the air.
So, it comes as something of a surprise that airlines consider there to be some cachet in providing the world’s longest nonstop flight.
Qantas’s flight from Sydney to Dallas was the title holder until recently, when Emirates came with its offering: Dubai to Panama in somewhere around 17 hours.
Now, Singapore Airlines is working with Airbus to modify one of its planes so it can reclaim the title for its flight from home base to New York, which weighs in at 19 hours.
If you’re in a hurry, I guess that’s good news. But if you’re squished up in cattle class for the best part of a day, a stopover, even a very brief one, sounds pretty good.
* Yes, I have been upgraded many times recently and I am grateful for that.
