Qatar Airways set to start operating world’s longest flight from tomorrow
QR920 — Qatar Airways’ flight between Doha and Auckland — will officially become the world’s longest route when the plane takes off from the Hamad International Airport tomorrow morning.
Taking off at 5.10am from Doha, the epic journey will take passengers across 10 time zones before landing in Auckland, New Zealand on early Monday morning.
The distance from Doha to Auckland is a whopping 14,535km. Air India may claim that their Delhi-San Francisco flight is the world’s longest, but according to the ‘Great Circle’ route, Doha and Auckland are further apart on the surface of the Earth.
However, by 2018, Singapore Airlines will likely take the crown from Doha by re-starting their non-stop Singapore-New York flights.
Here are some of the world’s longest routes in existence right now.
1. Singapore-New York: 15,335km (Coming soon)
2. Doha-Auckland: 14,535km
3. London-Perth: 14,500km
4. Dubai-Auckland: 8,824 miles
5. Singapore-Los Angeles: 14,113km
6. Dallas-Sydney: 13,805km
7. Johannesburg-Atlanta: 13,581km
8. Singapore-San Francisco: 13,573km
9. Abu Dhabi-Los Angeles: 13,497km
10. Dubai-Los Angeles: 13,410km
How many of these routes have you travelled?
