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INDIA’S flag carrier has earned the title of the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight at 15,100km on its New Delhi-San Francisco route.
The Pacific route is about 1,400km longer than its previous route, but despite the lengthened distance, the flight takes two hours less (for a total of 15 hours and 55 minutes) thanks to tailwinds — winds that blow in the same direction as an aircraft and thus, make it go faster.
A senior Air India official told TNN, “The Earth rotates from west to east, and winds flow in that direction too. Flying west means facing strong headwinds (that decreases an aircraft’s actual ground speed), and flying east means getting strong tailwinds, which does the opposite.”
Air India longest flight in the world from SFO to Delhi. Real fun will be if there is a kid in the backseat kicking yours & lavatory leaks Air India sets new record for longest nonstop flight in the world https://t.co/2CItDW9Pis pic.twitter.com/0dB8C0sDhs
Until Singapore Airlines launches its Singapore-New York route in two years’ time which will cover 16,500km in 19 hours, the Air India route will remain the world’s longest in distance.
Meanwhile, United Airlines has restarted non-stop direct flights from Singapore to San Francisco after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus.
The direct flight – a 16-hour and 20-minute trip aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner – is the longest scheduled route by flown by an American airline, and the longest B-787 flight on any airline.
Trailing Air India in the list of world’s longest non-stop routes are Emirates’ Dubai-Auckland route and Qantas’ Sydney-Dallas route.
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