On the world ’s long nonstop flight , you could sleep for eight hour , watch four movies , eat three meals , read a few chapter of a book , beat 10 levels of Candy Crush , and after all that , you ’d still be in the air .
By the end of 2018 , travelers will be able-bodied to take this 20 - hour doozy of a flight of stairs from Singapore to New York , CNNreports . The service , offered bySingapore Airlines , will mystify a old phonograph record pose byQatar Airways . The mediate Eastern airline ’s flight of stairs from Auckland , New Zealand , to Doha , Qatar , covers over 9000 miles and hold up 18 hr , making it the current foresightful flight of steps by both distance and duration .
Singapore Airlines used to control the world ’s long flight of steps from Singapore to Newark , New Jersey — a 19 - hour , 9500 - international nautical mile journeying — but it strike down that service in 2013 because it proved to be inefficient , according toCNN .
At present , the airline ’s service from Singapore to New York includes a stopover in Frankfurt or London , depending on the flight . The new service will see an improved aircraft put into operation : the Airbus A350 - 900ULR , short for Ultra Long - Range . It will be able to travel up to 11,160 miles—1800 more mile than the standard A350 .
To go that redundant space , though , the aircraft will involve to use an additional 6340 gallons of fuel . And more fuel signify fewer seats . consort to theAustralian Business Traveller , the new aircraft is expected to have 162 seats , which is about 80 fewer than the stock A350 ’s capacity .
However , the airline believes it will be a well table service overall . A representative of the A350 ’s Aircraft Interiors department pronounce the cabin ’s high ceilings , low-down racket levels , improved air circulation , and large window will all make for a more comfortable flying experience . Or at least as well-fixed as one can hope to be on a escape that lasts almost a whole day .
[ h / tCNN ]
