Which commercial airline flies the longest non-stop route? Which route is that?

Question

Do pilots have a place to rest and snooze on these long flights?

Answer 1

I'd have to guess offhand, Quantas...flying from say San Francisco nonstop to Sydney Australia.

But upon further investigation it might be:
Singapore Airlines
Route: Newark to Singapore
Aircraft: Airbus A340-500
Distance km (mi): 16,600 (10,314)
Time: 18:40 June 29, 2004

Most of the world's longest non-stop scheduled commercial flights involve trans-continental journeys, generally to Southeast Asia such as Singapore and Bangkok, and some parts of East Asia such as Hong Kong.

The flight from New York (JFK or Newark) to Hong Kong is the longest non-stop flight in the world to have more than one daily flight, and to be served by more than one airline.

Answer 2

Longest schedules - there are a couple of them that i know of.
1.) The San Fran to Sydney - i also believe there is one from LAX
2.) Chicago to China - couple new routes just opened up by United.
3.) New York - Hong Kong
4.) New York - Bombay
5.) The the ones he listed off the wikipedia
However if you look at some of those times, you see 16:15 flight time.
They dont include some of the other flights that are like 16:30 mins - i.e. american + delta New York - Bombay.
Not sure how accurate everything is on wikipedia.

-Generally since some of these flights can easily reach 16+ hours - they will have a double crew flying half and half shifts.
Hope this helps - cheers

Answer 3

The Longest flight so far is a 747-400ER which flies from LosAngeles to Auckland, New Zealand, in which is a 19 and a half hour non-stop flight, carrying 6~7 pilots. Yes there are actually bunks behind the cockpit for pilot resting and for the cabin crew, there are beds in the rear of the plane (hidden from passengers of course) and the crew rotate during passenger sleep hours. that's why you see different people when you fly! BTW, SFO-SYN is only about 18 hours of flight time.

Answer 4

The only nonstop flights from Europe to Seattle are from London (British Airways and Northwest Airlines), Copenhagen (SAS), Amsterdam (Northwest), Frankfurt (Lufthansa), and Paris (Air France). Any of these are good, but I'd probably choose Northwest since AMS is great for connections, and their transatlantic economy-class is a little better than the others currently.

Answer 5

Singapore - Los Angeles, Singapore Airlines. Each of SA's long haul aircraft have crew rest compartments where Flight Attendants and Flight Deck crew can kick up their feet for a while.

If only those were available for everyone! :-)

Answer 6

Gene L is right. It's a Singapore Airlines flight.
I answered a similar question a few months ago. You can see it here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av6sukp4HzBJ.CLobQPgnmvty6IX?qid=20070107231400AANyW84&show=7#profile-info-33e6bec9fd83b66f04295859b4f7f24caa

Answer 7

British Airways. London to New York I think. All flights to New York are very long.

Answer 8

Whichever one I am on !!!!!!!