UAE's national flag carrier Emirates, currently, holds the championship for offering the world's longest flying on a commercial airliner. The non-stop flying from Dubai to Auckland (New Zealand) is a daily scheduled flying amongst a duration of 17 hours as well as fifteen minutes! The full distance covered is 8,823 miles (14,326 kilometres).
This record-holder commercial flying was inaugurated simply days ago, on March 2016, when an Emirates Airbus A380 flew all the agency from Dubai to Auckland. However, the regular flying volition endure operated yesteryear a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft—an aircraft named Worldliner, because it tin connect whatsoever ii destinations inward the basis without needing to terminate for a refuel.
| The World's Top x Longest Flights (2016 March) | ||||
| S.No. | Airline | Route | Duration (HH:MM) | Aircraft |
| 1 | Emirates | Dubai - Auckland | 17:15 | Boeing 777-200LR |
| 2 | Delta Airlines | Johannesburg - Atlanta | 16:55 | Boeing 777-200LR |
| 3 | Saudia | Jeddah - Los Angeles | 16:55 | Boeing 777-300ER |
| 4 | Qantas | Dallas Fort Worth - Sydney | 16:50 | Airbus A380-800 |
| 5 | Etihad | Abu Dhabi - Los Angeles | 16:45 | Boeing 777-200LR |
| 6 | Emirates | Dubai - Houston | 16:45 | Airbus A380-800 |
| 7 | Qatar | Doha - Los Angeles | 16:25 | Boeing 777-200LR |
| 8 | Cathay Pacific | New York - Hong Kong | 16:15 | Boeing 777-300ER |
| 9 | United | Newark - Hong Kong | 16:15 | Boeing 777-200ER |
| 10 | Emirates | Dubai - Los Angeles | 16:00 | Airbus A380-800 |
Previous Record-Holders For Longest Flights
1. Singapore Airlines (Newark - Singapore) While all these flights amongst flying times over sixteen hours appear long, none of these would agree upward to the longest flying e'er - Singapore Airlines' Flight 21. The flying from Newark to Singapore was eighteen hours as well as thirty minutes long, operated yesteryear an Airbus 340-500 aircraft. This flying was discontinued inward Oct 2012. However, Singapore Airlines plans to relaunch this road amongst its novel Airbus A350-900 planes.
2. Singapore Airlines (Los Angeles - Singapore) With a flying duration of eighteen hours, it was the second-longest non-stop flying inward the world.
3. Delta Airlines (Mumbai - Atlanta) The flying amongst 17 hours as well as 55 minutes of on-air fourth dimension was discontinued inward Oct 2009.