Emirates Sets Another World Record (Or Two) — Now Flying the World’s Longest Air Route!
Dubai based government flagship air carrier Emirates has displaced Qantas to take the lead in flying the world’s longest commercial air route — non stop routes from Dubai to both Panama City and Auckland. The new routes log in at 8824 air miles — previous record — 8518 air miles — was the Qantas service from DFW to Sidney. Emirates is flying Boeing 777 ER aircraft on both routes. Actual time in the air is a little over 16 hours block time (estimated time from departure gate to arrival gate is 17 plus hours). Bring a book or 2 or 3!
