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Longest flight you've been on

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 07:01:13 No.1116632 View View Reply Original Report

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What's the longest commercial flight you've ever been on ever /n/?
I'm talking in terms on time in the air rather than the distance covered.
What airline did you fly with?
What aircraft did you fly with?
How was your experience?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 07:04:24 No.1116634 Report

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Mine was Dallas to Sydney on QANTAS. It's listed as ~17 hours but this flight was definitely closer to 18 hours.
Was on a A380-800 and overall it was a really good flying experience, Left at like 9pm and got to Sydney at 6am so I slept for like 10 hours. Was pretty draining though

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 08:14:15 No.1116637 Report

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>>1116632
no

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 08:18:02 No.1116638 Report

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Deez Nuts

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 08:21:31 No.1116639 Report

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Singapore to Frankfurt, 13h flight with I think Lufthansa. probably also a380-800. couldnt sleep at all because its uncomfortable even though it started at like 6 pm my time, wasn't even tired for some reason. jetlag was shit when landed though

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 08:56:48 No.1116640 Report

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My longest to date was Hong Kong to Newark with Cathay-Pacific, just over 16 hours
I can't even remember what plane it was, but I remember it being a super comfy flight.
>>1116634
Were you in economy or the pointy end? I imagine doing massive stretches like that in economy would be hell, especially if it was a full flight

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 09:53:30 No.1116656 Report

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>>1116632
Economy Delta atl-nrt.
Fuck man that was some bullshit. Counting taxi time it was about 19hrs total.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 10:01:34 No.1116658 Report

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4 hours to Lanzarote from Bristol, UK
Ryanair
Boeing 737
It was ok for a budget airline, just gotta avoid the on board food/drink cost.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 10:06:15 No.1116659 Report

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>>1116632
Sydney to Tokyo and back with Qantas on a 747, flying economy. Service was sufficiently pleasant but could not sleep at all on the return night time flight. Very tiring.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 10:17:28 No.1116662 Report

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>>1116632
Seoul to London. BA777. Nearly 12hrs. Thankfully had two spares seats next to me so I was able to stretch out a bit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 11:17:23 No.1116672 Report

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>>1116640
on the way to Dallas I was in premium economy, (upgraded from frequent flyer points.) that was fine. Way back was regular economy but the flight was really dead plus qantas seats are massive, even in economy and yeah it was fine. the 18 hours on that was infinitely more comfortable than I flight from Adelaide to Bali on Jetstar. That was 6 hours but was sooo fucking shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 12:40:23 No.1116686 Report

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If without stopovers, just Sydney to Dubai, taking me about 14-16 hours
If with stopovers, anytime I go to Europe, which adds about 6-8 hours to that, totalling about 21-24 hours.
Emirates
A380
Can't complain. Leaving Australia always means it's packed so I never luck out on getting extra room. I'm not too fussed though and I never have trouble falling asleep. When I was coming back from Vienna this year though I got a whole row free to myself so I could lie down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 14:49:32 No.1116710 Report

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9 hours London- Entebbe
BA
But they don't do the route anymore so you have to fly roach airlines

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2017 15:02:36 No.1116716 Report

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Atlanta to Tokyo non stop. Thank God for first class seats.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 04:08:26 No.1116849 Report

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24hrs, MEL->BWN->DXB->LHR on a Royal Brunei Dreamliner.
Would no recommend.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 06:44:59 No.1116873 Report

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>>1116632
Paris - Beijing. 20h stopped at Abu dhabi and Milano. flight operated by air France and Etihad.

the etihad bit was comfy. i was on an A320 from beijing to abu dhabi to Milano. The Air France bit felt like i just took shitty urban transports.

Also, connections in Milano are the fucking worse. never ever have to do Linate> Malpensa or the opposite.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 10 Oct 2017 10:08:56 No.1116891 Report

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Longest single aircraft flight:
London Heathrow-Bahrain-Singapore-Perth-Adelaide

Longest multiple aircraft journey without a stopover :
Adelaide–Sydney-Singapore-Amsterdam–London Heathrow

Longest nonstop sector:
London Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Oct 2017 00:13:28 No.1117030 Report

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>>1116632
IAH-TPE with EVA Air, about 16 hour flight on a 777. The timing was perfect since it left IAH around midnight and landed in TPE at 6 AM. I was in business class, so I just enjoyed the awesome food, slept for a solid 10 hours, then woke up for breakfast while watching a movie. The pajamas they gave the business passengers are really comfy too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Oct 2017 02:46:56 No.1117050 Report

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Going from Honolulu, HI, to Minneapolis - St. Paul. About 10 hours I think.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 11 Oct 2017 04:00:53 No.1117073 Report

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without layovers: dxb-hnd. was about 10 hours
with layovers: fra-dxb-kix. the flight time was about 18 hours, but i had to wait about 5 hours at hnd for my flight to kix

>>1116873
>airport transfers suck
yeah, no shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Oct 2017 10:41:59 No.1117757 Report

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Mine was Sydney to LA with Delta through Virgin. It was a 757 I think.

It was fucking miserable, the meals were spread out and had tiny portions. On the way back (a month later), the plane had the same movies as going over so I'd seen most of the ones I was interested in already.

Also while on the topic LAX is the worst airport I've ever been too, even the staff have no fucking clue where anything is

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Oct 2017 11:53:36 No.1117778 Report

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London to Auckland. 25 hours. One stop at Singapore Changi. Fucking brutal flight to do in cattle class. Couldn't knock the service from Singapore Airlines though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 05:02:19 No.1117951 Report

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>>1116632
10 hours.

YVR-AMS on KLM. Could have been worse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 05:42:03 No.1117954 Report

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36 hours Sydney to Brunei, 2006, Royal Brunei (cheapest. I was only 19)
6 hour stopover in Brunei
2 hour stopover in Dubai
Fun and games

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 05:46:39 No.1117955 Report

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Trip to Phillipines took DFW to GUM 20 or so hours. It was actually pretty comfy, seats were nice and plush, entertainment was fully stocked. Slept through a lot of it. Went from Guam to Tokyo and peed in a jap toilet, then stayed a week on the islands with family. 32 hours total if I recall correctly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 08:17:22 No.1117973 Report

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Alaska to Ireland. We went over the pole. I don't remember how many hours.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 10:38:03 No.1117982 Report

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FRA-ORD, but we ended up having to stop in Goose Bay or something like that in Canada for four hours for refueling or weather, ended up arriving five hours late, so the total time on board was about 14 hours. Yeah, it sucked.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 15:25:18 No.1118050 Report

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Miami to Oslo
11 hours

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 15:39:21 No.1118058 Report

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>>1116632
LA to singapore. it was on Cathay so I was comfortable

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 16:09:24 No.1118069 Report

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>>1116632
about 14 hours, Madrid to Santiago de Chile. I flew business, so first I got drunk, and later I slept a little. I don't enjoy flying much, so getting drunk and sleeping is a good way to make it less shit.

Never flown in an A380 senpai, does it feel much different from a 747 or an A340?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 19:06:04 No.1118107 Report

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>>1116632
Mine was Zurich -> JFK New York City

About 8 hours of flying time? I was flying with American Airways this was back in 2012.
I think I just took percocet and ativan before takeoff and slept for most of the 8 hours

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 15 Oct 2017 20:00:10 No.1118110 Report

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>>1116632
SFO-ICN
12 hours. First class on a 747 though, worth it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 16 Oct 2017 06:57:05 No.1118229 Report

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>>1116632
Vancouver to Hong Kong, Air Canada, pretty comfy, lots of good tea

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