{"id":3179,"date":"2018-10-12T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T10:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/the-worlds-longest-non-stop-flight-arrives-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2018-10-12T10:26:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T10:26:18","slug":"the-worlds-longest-non-stop-flight-arrives-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/the-worlds-longest-non-stop-flight-arrives-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"The world’s longest non-stop flight arrives in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The world’s longest non-stop commercial flight has landed New York, beginning a journey in Singapore covering more than 15,000km in 17 hours and 52 minutes.<\/p>\n

Singapore Airlines has relaunched the service five years after it was cut because it had become too expensive. <\/p>\n

Flight SQ22 landed at 0529 US Eastern time with 150 passengers and 17 crew.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of Airlineratings.com, said the time passed swiftly and had not seen like a 17 and a half hour flight.<\/p>\n

He told the BBC: “The flight was effortless and very smooth. <\/p>\n

“On board the concensus was that the time past very quickly and didn’t seem like 17.5 hours.”<\/p>\n

The inaugural flight from Changi Airport to Newark’s international airport, which services New York, took off amid much fanfare.<\/p>\n

Qantas launched a 17-hour non-stop service from Perth to London earlier this year, while Qatar runs a 17.5-hour service between Auckland and Doha. <\/p>\n

Did passengers snap up the tickets?<\/h2>\n
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) said there is demand for customers for non-stop services which help cut travelling times compared with flights which have a stopover.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the take-off, the airline told the BBC that business class seats for the flight were fully booked, and there were “a very limited number” of premium economy seats left. <\/p>\n

A business class ticket entitles passengers to two meals, and the choice of when they are served, plus refreshments in between. They will also have a bed to sleep in.<\/p>\n

Premium economy fares get three meals at fixed times, with refreshments in between. <\/p>\n

The airline said it is not planning to offer any economy bookings on the route. <\/p>\n

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What’s longer-term demand look like for 19 hour flights?<\/h2>\n

The brand new Airbus plane that SIA is using has been configured to seat 161 passengers in all – 67 business passengers and 94 premium economy passengers.<\/p>\n