Qatar Airways announces plans for world's longest flight from Doha,Qatar to Auckland,New Zealand

 

Qatar Airways has announced plans to launch the world’s longest direct flight: a 9,034-mile schlep from Doha,Qatar to Auckland,New Zealand

The journey time would be an estimated 18 hours and 34 minutes, according to the journey planning website travelmath.com

Qatar Airways wants to launch flights between Doha and Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft

If these new routes happen, they’d be the world’s two longest flights by a long shot (nearly 500 miles):

• Doha to Santiago: 8,966 miles
• Doha to Auckland: 9,032 miles

 

Note

Presently the world’s three longest flights are

• Dallas to Sydney(Qantas)
• Johannesburg to Atlanta (Delta) and  
• Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles(Etihad).