January 26, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Was wondering which is the longest and the shortest flight out of Heathrow?
Buenos Aires (operated by BA’s 777-200) is 13hours40mins, could this take lead for longest?
Brussels or Manchester perhaps the shortest?
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the worlds longest non-stop flight? Must be a North America- Asia one, but which?
Thanks 🙂
By: Roger Breaker - 21st February 2012 at 22:10
Has an A380 ever operated Paris to London before.
Yes, Air France used theirs for a few weeks on CDG-LHR-CDG the year before last I believe.
By: tommyinyork - 21st February 2012 at 21:52
Has an A380 ever operated Paris to London before.
By: Roger Breaker - 16th February 2012 at 09:18
Sorry, I’m not able to confirm that, but…
Newark-Singapore is flown by an A340-600, isn’t it?
SQ21 is operated by an A345, fitted-out in a 100-seat business class interior.
By: benji - 14th February 2012 at 12:24
2nd longest LHR flight
Second longest LHR to Taipei on China Airlines – 13 hours 25 minutes? Just a thought.
Is this confirmed?
By: carl727uk - 8th February 2012 at 21:49
None of these operate now…but apart from the LHR-LGW helicopter link…British Midland used to fly LHR-BHX and LHR-EMA…also air Anglia/Air UK LHR-NWI. I have always thought LHR-NWI would be a useful link now, given traffice levels and the awful M25 !
By: lucas - 30th January 2012 at 23:22
Just to keep this thread going I have often wondered what is the smallest scheduled airliner (aircraft type) which currently flies into Heathrow, anyone know?
I think the smallest scheduled aircraft type is the ERJ145 of bmi regional perhaps? Do they also operate their ERJ135 into LHR?
This could be followed by Air France and their ATRs, not sure if they are still operational on the LHR-CDG route though.
Are we talking distance or time? Westbound flights are usual a tad slower, and take a bit longer for distance due to the Jet Stream.
I guess we can talk about both distance and time. Buenos Aires must be the longest Westbound, surely it is still the longest returning to LHR too?
By: Arabella-Cox - 30th January 2012 at 22:56
Are we talking distance or time? Westbound flights are usual a tad slower, and take a bit longer for distance due to the Jet Stream.
By: FLY.BUY - 30th January 2012 at 22:09
Just to keep this thread going I have often wondered what is the smallest scheduled airliner (aircraft type) which currently flies into Heathrow, anyone know?
By: nigelrob - 29th January 2012 at 00:31
Second longest LHR to Taipei on China Airlines – 13 hours 25 minutes? Just a thought.
By: T5 - 28th January 2012 at 19:25
read the question guys it said out of HEATHROW
Yes, and it also said…
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the worlds longest non-stop flight? Must be a North America- Asia one, but which?
By: Doors4 - 28th January 2012 at 18:54
Longest scheduled flight out of Heathrow is to Singapore.
Not so. From ba.com:
LHR-SIN is scheduled at 12h35 or 12h50.
LHR-EZE is scheduled at 13h40 as lucas has said.
By: Culpano - 28th January 2012 at 17:55
Longest scheduled flight out of Heathrow is to Singapore.
Longest ever non-stop flight from Heathrow was to Sydney with a Qantas B747-400 on a delivery flight.
By: Doors4 - 28th January 2012 at 11:43
Based on scheduled times the shortest is probably LHR-MAN at 1h00 or 1h05 depending on which departure. AMS, BRU and CDG all come up as scheduled at about 1h10 or 1h15.
The only other thing that springs to mind as possibly shorter is LHR-JER but I don’t think anyone operates this route now, BA moved JER down to LGW and I think BD dropped the route.
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th January 2012 at 12:39
read the question guys it said out of HEATHROW
Oh, yes. Sorry.
And, to think, I’m always pulling up my Y7/8 boys for not reading questions.
By: MSR777 - 27th January 2012 at 10:58
Don’t forget the LHR/LGW/LHR helicopter service with a Sikorsky S61. Operated some time in the 80s.
By: cockerhoop - 27th January 2012 at 10:17
read the question guys it said out of HEATHROW
Plymouth may have been shortest but gone now
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th January 2012 at 05:57
Newark-Singapore is flown by an A340-600, isn’t it?
By: Banupa - 26th January 2012 at 22:32
Shortest one is, or at least was, easy. There was a Heathrow – Gatwick service by Islanders about 30 years ago. Westward Airways?
By: tomkeus - 26th January 2012 at 21:39
Out of curiosity, does anyone know the worlds longest non-stop flight? Must be a North America- Asia one, but which?
Thanks 🙂
I think it is the Newark-Hong Kong at 15hrs 50min.
EDIT: Sorry, it turned out to be Newark-Singapore at 18hrs 30min.