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LaLaLand
08-12-2016, 11:05 PM
What's the longest flight you've ever been on?

I'm currently looking at Las Vegas deals and the flight time is 14+ hours omg

Longest I've ever flown is 3 and a half hours to Malta!

How about you?

Marsh.
08-12-2016, 11:06 PM
About 3 hours. :worry:

Jessica.
08-12-2016, 11:09 PM
Six hours in one day but that was two planes

_Tom_
08-12-2016, 11:12 PM
Over 5 hours I think to St Petersburg

Calderyon
09-12-2016, 01:51 AM
Never been on a plane.

Tom4784
09-12-2016, 02:01 AM
9 hours to Florida, it's the only time I've been on a plane tbh, well aside from the return trip obv.

caprimint
09-12-2016, 02:30 AM
Think about 2-3hrs.

Amy Jade
09-12-2016, 03:11 AM
12 hours

Manchester to Los Angeles

y.winter
09-12-2016, 04:35 AM
12+, I don't remember the exact number - Tel Aviv to USA (once to the east coast and once to the west coast) and Tel Aviv to Bangkok.

Daniel-X
09-12-2016, 05:43 AM
I've flown to Australia when I was twelve which is about 20+ hours flying time.

Manchester to Abu Dhabi to Sydney

jennyjuniper
09-12-2016, 06:07 AM
Australia in the 70's, when it seemed to take forever, over 20 hours. That was with two stops though.

UserSince2005
09-12-2016, 08:09 AM
14 hrs between Dubai and Sydney.

Niamh.
09-12-2016, 09:04 AM
Flying to Australia, I think it was 1 hour from Cork to heathrow, around 12 hours to Singapore and around 7 to Melbourne

reece(:
09-12-2016, 10:40 AM
9 hours.

Cal.
09-12-2016, 10:45 AM
Like 4 hours.

Jake.
09-12-2016, 10:58 AM
12 hours i think? Went to Florida

Xtopher
09-12-2016, 11:00 AM
6 hours to Tampa Florida

Rob!
09-12-2016, 12:48 PM
9 hours

BigSister
09-12-2016, 10:23 PM
10 hours well it was 6 to New York from Manchester then 4 to Seattle from New York but it was 10 in total

Will.
09-12-2016, 10:32 PM
9 hours.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters
09-12-2016, 10:53 PM
4 hours i think

Jack_
09-12-2016, 11:05 PM
9 hours to Orlando

mooo
10-12-2016, 12:27 AM
11 hours to south Africa from London. But flew from Scotland to London then London to south Africa then south Africa to Zambia so in total it was like 14

Benjamin
10-12-2016, 04:42 AM
15 hours straight, more if you count transits.

Qatar are bringing in the worlds longest flight next year from Doha to Auckland at 17.5 hours.

Also singapore airlines are on about bringing back the Singapore to New York flight which is around 19 hours :umm2:

Jessica.
10-12-2016, 12:58 PM
15 hours straight, more if you count transits.

Qatar are bringing in the worlds longest flight next year from Doha to Auckland at 17.5 hours.

Also singapore airlines are on about bringing back the Singapore to New York flight which is around 19 hours :umm2:
We get it, you vape

Crimson Dynamo
10-12-2016, 01:10 PM
London to LA and then onto Sydney

Alf
10-12-2016, 01:47 PM
About 8 inches

There was a hot woman on the next seat.

Crimson Dynamo
10-12-2016, 01:53 PM
About 8 inches

There was a hot woman on the next seat.

5.5 is hardly "about 8"

:suspect:

Nicky91
10-12-2016, 01:54 PM
Amsterdam to LA :)

Alf
10-12-2016, 02:03 PM
5.5 is hardly "about 8"

:suspect:You promised to keep that between just us.

James
11-12-2016, 05:46 PM
In the news today.


Qantas to fly from London to Australia non-stop

Passengers will be able to fly from London to Australia non-stop for the first time when airline Qantas launches its new service from March 2018.

Australia's national carrier says it will connect Perth, in the west of the country, to the UK capital using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

The 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight will take 17 hours.

Perth will be a hub for passengers from eastern Australia going to the UK, tourism minister Steven Ciobo said.

He also said the new service would boost employment and tourism in Australia, a sector growing three times faster than the rest of the national economy, and one that supports 580,000 jobs.

Mr Ciobo also said that the UK was Australia's third-largest source of international visitors, with 660,000 people travelling from there to Australia in 2015.

"When Qantas created the Kangaroo Route to London in 1947, it took four days and nine stops," Qantas chief executive officer Alan Joyce said.

"Now it will take just 17 hours from Perth non-stop."


He added: "The opportunities this opens up are huge.

"It's great news for travellers because it will make it easier to get to London. It's great news for Western Australia because it will bring jobs and tourism. And it's great news for the nation, because it will bring us closer to one of our biggest trade partners and sources of visitors."

The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners used on the route will carry 236 passengers, Qantas said.

The new flights will make up the longest non-stop passenger route in the world.

The current longest non-stop scheduled flight is Emirates Airlines' 14,200-kilometre Dubai-to-Auckland, New Zealand, service, which takes 16 hours 35 minutes in an Airbus A380.



The first air travel connecting the UK to Australia began in 1935, flying passengers from Sydney to Singapore, where services linked with London-bound flights.

However, the journey time to London was 12 days and included a section on a train.

Qantas launched its pioneering weekly service on the Kangaroo Route on 1 December 1947, initially taking four days and carrying 29 passengers and 11 crew from Sydney to London.

The journey flew to Darwin, in northern Australia, and then on to Singapore, Calcutta in India, Karachi and Cairo, before it travelled to Tripoli, in Libya, and then on to London.

The announcement of the new route comes as Boeing also announced airline Iran Air was buying 80 of its passenger planes.

The 10-year deal includes the purchase of 50 Boeing 737 aircraft and 30 777 planes.


Five facts about Perth
Perth is often said to be the most remote city in the world as its nearest city of one million people is Adelaide - 1,207 miles (2,104km) away. However, Auckland in New Zealand is even more remote with Sydney its closet, some 1,337 miles (2,153km) away
The city dates to 1829 when the Swan River Colony was established by the British government. Aboriginal people had however lived in the area for thousands of years
It was named after the Scottish town of the same name, which was the birthplace and parliamentary constituency of then British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Sir George Murray
The Perth Mint, which opened in 1899, is Australia's oldest existing mint - it struck more than 106 million gold sovereigns and nearly 735,000 half-sovereigns from 1899-1931
Actor Heath Ledger and cricketers Dennis Lillee, Terry Alderman and Justin Langer, were all born in Perth, while actress Isla Fisher lived there from the age of six


What else can you do in 17 hours?

Watch Gone With The Wind four and a half times
Fly to the International Space Station almost three times
Read about a third of War And Peace - at an average of three words a second
Watch the first 18 episodes of Games of Thrones, and still have half an hour to spare.
Drive round the M25 - at 70mph, with no traffic - 10 times
Play 11 games of football


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38280722

Adamw92
14-12-2016, 06:52 PM
I flew to Canada years ago, I think it was 8 and a half hours. My flight to Florida next year will be 9 hours though.