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Re:Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London non... by swatkat on Saturday August 26, 2017 @08:23PM (#15108259)
Current longest non-stop commercial flight, Air India DEL to SFO, has been very popular and often operate at 85% capacity 6 times a week[0][1]. Air India is adding DEL to LAX non-stop next month. It's especially popular with elderly travellers, as there's no hassle of transit.

[0] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/A...

[1] http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/10/18/air-india-...

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Re:Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London non... by ubernostrum on Sunday August 27, 2017 @09:17AM (#15110660)
AI173 DEL-SFO uses a strange routing to produce a slightly longer distance than QR921 AKL-DOH -- literally, it's routed to be just 50 miles longer by distance flown.

But by time in the air QR921 is still the longest flight in the world (17 hours 30 minutes, compared to Air India's 16 hours 55 minutes). Five other flights also are scheduled for 17 hours or longer in the air: EK449 AKL-DXB; UA1 and SQ31 SFO-SIN; QF8 DFW-SYD; and AA125 DFW-HKG.

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Re:Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London non... by saagarjha on Saturday August 26, 2017 @09:55PM (#15108633)
> It's especially popular with elderly travellers, as there's no hassle of transit.

That, and the fact that there are a lot of Indian elderly who make the Delhi-San Francisco flight regularly to visit children who work in the Bay Area.

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Re:Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London non... by himlion on Sunday August 27, 2017 @03:11AM (#15109562)
That makes a lot of sense. I was wondering why the demand for that route would be large enough for a daily non stop flight.
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Re:Qantas wants to fly from Sydney to New York or London non... by throwaway43894 on Saturday August 26, 2017 @09:33PM (#15108534)
Yeah, I wish Air India had more international flights at a reasonable price.
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