Business Traveler, December/January 2018

December 2017 January 2018 n 19 Visit businesstravelerusa com Take Offs Landings ntralias flag carrier held the record for the worlds longest commercial flight between Sydney and Dallas This route was launched in 2014 and is currently operated by Qantas A380 aircraft with a flight time of around 16 hours 50 minutes qantas com au Singapore Airlines FROM SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO DISTANCE 8448 MILES The carrier launched non stop flights between Singapore and San Francisco in October 2016 a route which is currently the longest in the airlines network The route is operated by SIAs new A350 900 aircraft which are configured in three classes with 42 business class seat 24 in premium economy and 187 in economy singaporeair com United FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SINGAPORE DISTANCE 8448 MILES United has also operated flights on the San Francisco Singapore route since June 2016 using its 787 9 aircraft It is currently the worlds longest Boeing Dreamliner service with a flight duration of around 16 hours and 20 minutes Uniteds 787 9 aircraft are configured for three classes with 48 business class seats 88 Economy Plus seats and 116 in economy united com Clockwise Singapore Airlines Qatar Airways Qantas Airways United Airlines Qatar Airways FROM DOHA TO AUCKLAND DISTANCE 9032 MILES Qatar Airways launched what is currently the worlds longest commercial non stop flight in February 2017 between Doha and Auckland The route takes approximately 17 and a half hours and covers 9032 miles and is the Gulf carriers first destination in New Zealand Flights are operated by Qatars 777 aircraft configured for 42 fully flat business class seats and 217 in economy qatarairways com Emirates FROM DUBAI TO AUCKLAND DISTANCE 8824 MILES Fellow Gulf carrier Emirates has also operated non stop flights to Auckland since March 2016 and this route was the holder of the longest non stop service until the introduction of Qatar Airways flights from Doha situated around 180 miles west of Dubai The daily service was originally operated by 777 200LR aircraft but has since been upgraded to the carriers A380 superjumbo Emirates also offers the option of flying from Dubai to Auckland with a stopover in Australia on one of the carriers three daily A380 services emirates com Qantas FROM SYDNEY TO DALLAS DISTANCE 8575 MILES Prior to the Auckland services above AusAIRLINE NOTES n United to Offer Nonstop Washington DC Edinburgh Service United Airlines has announced a new daily summer seasonal route between Edinburgh and Washington Dulles The service will start May 23 and run through Oct 4 The new route is in addition to the carriers existing year round route between Edinburgh and New York Newark and summer seasonal flights between Edinburgh and Chicago The carrier has also announced added daily summer seasonal services from New York Newark to Porto and Reykjavik and between Zurich and San Francisco Visit united com n Lufthansa Announces Berlin New York Service For the first time since 2001 Lufthansa has announced it will be stationing a long haul aircraft in the German capital of Berlin Beginning Nov 8 Lufthansa will offer flights between Berlin and New York five times a week aboard an Airbus A330 300 The airline is also resuming its Düsseldorf Miami connection beginning Nov 8 with service three times a week The winter schedule will see four times weekly Munich Beijing service being offered on the new A350 900 In addition the schedule will include service from Munich to Boston Charlotte Denver Tokyo Delhi and Bombay Visit lufthansa com n Hainan Airlines Debuts in New York Hainan Airlines of China founded in 1993 has launched its first New York services linking John F Kennedy International with the cities of Chongqing and Chengdu Each route operates twice weekly aboard Boeing 787 Dreamliners The New York service marks the carriers ninth destination in North America after Los Angeles Las Vegas Seattle San Jose Chicago Boston Toronto and Calgary Visit hainanairlines com