Singapore Airlines Flight 21 is the longest regular scheduled non-stop flight in the world. It flies from Newark Liberty International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport, covering about 10,000 miles still air distance in about 18½ hours flight time. It is operated by an Airbus A340-500. Its return flight is Flight 22 from Singapore to Newark, which is the second-longest flight in the world, being scheduled to be fifteen minutes shorter due to prevailing high-altitude winds.
Due to the curvature of the globe, the flight does not travel over the Pacific Ocean, but rather in a north/south direction over China, Mongolia, Russia, the Arctic Ocean and Canada. The path over the North Pole can be seen in this image. The distance between the Newark and Singapore airports along a great circle path is 9,535 miles (15,345 km).
Singapore Airlines originally offered an Executive Economy Class on this flight. Seats in this class of travel were more spacious than ordinary Economy Class seats. However, SIA phased out this class of service in favor of 100-seat all-Business Class flights on the non-stop flights between Singapore and Newark or Los Angeles in 2008.
Due to the curvature of the globe, the flight does not travel over the Pacific Ocean, but rather in a north/south direction over China, Mongolia, Russia, the Arctic Ocean and Canada. The path over the North Pole can be seen in this image. The distance between the Newark and Singapore airports along a great circle path is 9,535 miles (15,345 km).
Singapore Airlines originally offered an Executive Economy Class on this flight. Seats in this class of travel were more spacious than ordinary Economy Class seats. However, SIA phased out this class of service in favor of 100-seat all-Business Class flights on the non-stop flights between Singapore and Newark or Los Angeles in 2008.
