Cathay Pacific Plans World’s Longest Flight From New York to Hong Kong

The New York-Hong Kong service will be diverted to avoid Russian airspace. The world's longest flight by distance would be the 10,000+ miles non-stop flight.

The current world's longest flight is Singapore Airlines's Singapore-New York JFK route.

The New York JFK to Hong Kong sector is where the flight would operate non-stop. It would take advantage of the favorable weather. The route would be over the Atlantic, the UK, Southern Europe and Central Asia.

The A350-1000 aircraft of Cathay Pacific is capable of operating this route.

“The transatlantic option relies on the facilitation of strong seasonal tailwinds at this time of year. The flight time could be between 16 and 17 hours “thereby making it more favourable than the transpacific option.”

Cathay Pacific spokesperson told Bloomberg News

The most recent New York-Hong Kong flight stopped in Los Angeles before continuing over the Pacific to Hong Kong without entering Russian airspace, which took 21 hours in flying time.

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