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Take Off on the Longest Non-Stop Flight

posted by Fnord666 on Friday October 12 2018, @10:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the your-worst-nightmare dept.

"upstart" writes:

Take off for the longest non-stop flight

The world's longest commercial flight has left Singapore for New York, beginning a journey expected to cover more than 15,000km in almost 19 hours.

Singapore Airlines is relaunching the service five years after it was cut because it had become too expensive.

A spokeswoman for Singapore Airlines said Flight SQ22 departed at approximately 15:35GMT with 150 passengers and 17 crew.

The flight from Changi Airport to Newark took off amid much fanfare.

The flight time is about 90 minutes longer than the previous longest non-stop service.

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.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said there was demand for customers for non-stop services which help cut travelling times compared with flights which have a stopover.

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.

The airline is not planning to offer any economy bookings on the route.

A business class ticket will entitle 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.

Premium economy fares will get three meals at fixed times, with refreshments in between.

Do people want to fly for 19 hours?

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Friday October 12 2018, @12:43PM (2 children)

    by legont (4179) on Friday October 12 2018, @12:43PM (#747872)

    Add sky high density altitude at Singapore.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 12 2018, @03:09PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 12 2018, @03:09PM (#747922)

    Not terrible today, https://www.airport6.com/en/a/WSSS/ [airport6.com]

    WSSS - Singapore International Airport
    Malaysia / Johor / WSSS
    Latitude : 1°21'33"N , Longitude : 103°59'21"E
    Elevation : 22.0 feet MSL, Magnetic Variation : 0° East
    WSSS Pressure Altitude : 28 feet (Latest 5 min ago)
    WSSS Density Altitude : 1221 feet (Latest 5 min ago)

    Compare to:
    KDEN - Denver International Airport
    United States / Colorado / KDEN
    Latitude : 39°51'42"N , Longitude : 104°40'23"W
    Elevation : 5433 feet MSL, Magnetic Variation : 8° East
    KDEN Pressure Altitude : 5273 feet (Latest 15 min ago)
    KDEN Density Altitude : 5125 feet (Latest 15 min ago)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 13 2018, @02:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 13 2018, @02:29AM (#748149)

      Density Altitude rising now that it's daytime in Singapore, below is from about 10am local Singapore time:

      WSSS - Singapore International Airport
      Malaysia / Johor / WSSS
      Latitude : 1°21'33"N , Longitude : 103°59'21"E
      Elevation : 22.0 feet MSL, Magnetic Variation : 0° East
      WSSS Pressure Altitude : -1 feet (Latest 22 min ago)
      WSSS Density Altitude : 1430 feet (Latest 22 min ago)

      I think you figured out why this flight leaves WSSS in the late evening, 11:30pm local time, by chance about when the earlier check was done.