Archive for March, 2016

World’s Longest Flight

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

World’s Longest Flight

March 1 to March 2, 2016

Emirates Flight # UAE 448

Dubai, UAE to Auckland, New Zealand

 

United Arab Emirates airliner called “Emirates” flown an Airbus A380 (the newest and a fully double-deckered plane) from Dubai in United Arab Emirates to Auckland, New Zealand. The flight made its maiden journey leaving Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Dubai at 10:18 AM and arrived  on Wednesday, March 3, 2016 at 9:58 AM (all times are local). According to news reports (https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-longest-flight-lands-auckland-060409884.html) currently this is the longest flight supposed to take 17 hours and 15 minutes. The maiden flight’s duration was 14 hours and 10 minutes (of this is flight time and not the total time).

 

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