A Boeing B.777 will take off today from Hong Kong to attempt the longest ‘commercial’ flight in history. The plane will cover 11,500 miles and is expected to land at Heathrow after flying for over 23 hours. Hope they have enough inflight entertainment 😀
By: chornedsnorkack - 3rd February 2006 at 14:23
PIA
I think the ultimate “record” will be when the 772LR flies a longer commercial distance than any other airplane out there… meaning a revenue flight, and not just one for publicity.
Which seems not likely to be very soon.
The longest commercial distance on Airbus 340-500 is Singapore to Newark, about 9500 land miles by great circle.
Now look what is at the antipodes of Pakistan. Basically Eastern South Pacific, and some land around.
If PIA were to fly to Tahiti or Lima or Santiago de Chile, they would set a distance record. Flying to Houston or Sao Paulo or Bogota would not exceed the record of SIN-EWR. So, is there anywhere in South America where PIA would want to fly?
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November 9, 2005 at 8:30 am