Take a look at the world's top-10 longest flights as Air India enters the elite club

Air India has entered the elite club of the world's top 10 longest non-stop flights by adding a 14,000-kilometre flight from Bangalore to San Fransisco to its routes.

Air India flight

Source: EPA/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

This Air India flight is the world's sixth-longest non-stop flight, according to Statista, a German company specializing in market and consumer data.


Highlights:

  • Air India entered the elite club of the world's top 10 longest non-stop flights.
  • Its flight from San Francisco to Bangalore is world's 6th longest flight.
  • Singapore Airlines route from New York's JFK to Singapore is the world's longest flight according to Statista.

Here are world's top 10 longest non-stop flights:

Singapore Airlines flight from New York JFK to Singapore

Distance: 15,347 kilometers

Time: 18 hours and 40 minutes

AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
Source: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

Qatar Airways flight from Auckland to Doha

Distance: 14525 kilometres

Time: 18 hours and 05 minutes

Qatar Airways
Source: AAP Image/Fabrizio Gandolfo / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Qantas flight from Perth to London-Heathrow

Distance: 14499 kilometres

Time: 17 hours and 45 minutes

Qantas
Source: AAP Image/Destination NSW

Emirates flight from Auckland to Dubai

Distance: 14525 kilometres

Time: 18 hours and 05 minutes

Emirates
Source: AAP Image/EPA/ALI HAIDER

Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Singapore

Distance: 14096 kilometres

Time: 17 hours and 50 minutes

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft takes off at Kingsford Smith International airport on 5 August, 2020 in Sydney.
A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft takes off at Kingsford Smith International airport on 5 August, 2020 in Sydney. Source: Getty

Air India flight from San Francisco to Bangalore

Distance: 14001 kilometres

Time: 17 hours and 45 minutes

ImageUnited Airlines flight from Houston to Sydney

Distance: 13,829 kilometers

Time: 17 hours and 35 minutes

United Airlines
Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Qantas flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Sydney

Distance: 13,801 kilometers

Time: 17 hours and 20 minutes

Image

Philippine Airlines flight from Manila to New York-JFK

Distance: 13,690 kilometers

Time: 16 hours and 35 minutes

Philippines airlines
Source: AAP Image/EPA/AIRBUS

United/Singapore Airlines flight from San Francisco to Singapore

Distance: 13,575 kilometers

Time: 17 hours and 35 minutes

United Airlines
Source: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File

 

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