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World’s Longest Flights. The 20 Longest Flights in the World by Distance Flown

Posted on January 20, 2020January 31, 2020 by cruisinaltitude

Cathay Pacific (CX) Nonstop Washington-Dulles to Hong Kong (HKG) Airbus A350-1000 Arriving in Washington-Dulles (IAD) on Its Inaugural Flight

World's Longest Flights The world's longest flight is from New York-Newark, NJ (EWR) to Singapore (SIN) flown by Singapore Airlines (SQ). I've been very fortunate to be able to fly almost at the drop of a hat. I love very long flights (my friends think I'm weird, you may too) and have taken some of the longest flights in the world including the longest one, the re-launch of Newark, NJ (EW...

World’s Longest Flight By Distance – Newark, NJ to Singapore on Singapore Airlines (SQ)

Posted on May 31, 2018 by cruisinaltitude

World's Longest Flight - 30 June 2004 Newark (EWR) to Singapore (SIN)

Flying The World's Longest flight - Newark To Singapore SQ21/30 June 2004 Airbus A340-500 (9V-SGB) Newark Liberty International, Newark New Jersey (EWR) to Singapore Changi International, Singapore (SIN) - 9,524 miles Singapore Airlines | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube On June 30, 2004, I embarked on a journey to fly the world's longest flight from Newark, NJ (EWR) to ...

Top 23 Things That Annoyed Me During My Travels In 2016

Posted on January 2, 2017January 2, 2017 by Kerwin

In 2016, I traveled 116 segments on eight airlines including a helicopter, a bus and a few rented cars. In total, I visited 13 countries. I enjoy people and how we interact with each other. But I must be getting old as there were certainly some unusual behaviors in 2016. So here are the top 23 things that annoyed me during my travels in 2016. Maybe you can relate :-). 1. People who don't use to...

18 Airline Industry Facts You Perhaps Never Knew Or Cared About

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Kerwin

18 Airline Industry Facts You Never Knew Or Cared About

It's tough being in the airline industry. Working for an airline is all I ever wanted to do. I got my feet wet in 1995 with Delta Air Lines (DL) as a ramp agent and a gate agent in Washington National Airport (DCA) and never looked back. Yup, it was not always called Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; that happened in 1998. Some people are still not happy about that, but I digress. I se...

I flew the Air France Airbus A380 from London Heathrow to Paris, France

Posted on June 25, 2010 by cruisinaltitude

Every now and again, I get to do something really cool and when I flew the Air France Airbus A380 from London-Heathrow to Paris, France. This is no ordinary flight, afterall, it is the shortest flight of an Airbus A380! I first flew from Houston, TX to London-Heathrow arriving on Saturday, June 26, 2010. I was accompanied with my travelling buddy from work. We are kindred spirits and love to do...