World's longest flight lands in New Zealand
The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand on Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways' 14,535-kilometre Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. "We've officially landed in Auckland," the airline tweeted as flight QR920 landed at 7.25am (2.25am Singapore time), five minutes ahead of schedule after a 16 hours 23 minutes flight. The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10 time zones on its marathon flight. The return service will take 17 hours and 30 minutes – the world's longest. Qatar Airways noted the flight was longer than the entire "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies which were filmed in New Zealand. There were four pilots on board as well as 15 cabin crew who served 1,100 cups of tea and coffee, 2,000 cold drinks and 1,036 meals during the flight. In keeping with international tradition to welcome inaugural flights, the Auckland airport rescue service showered the plane with water cannons on arrival. New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay said the estimated economic impact of the new service "will be well in excess" of NZ$50m with the increased freight capacity provided.<br/>
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World's longest flight lands in New Zealand
The world's longest commercial flight landed in New Zealand on Monday with the arrival of Qatar Airways' 14,535-kilometre Doha-Auckland service, the airline announced. "We've officially landed in Auckland," the airline tweeted as flight QR920 landed at 7.25am (2.25am Singapore time), five minutes ahead of schedule after a 16 hours 23 minutes flight. The long-range Boeing 777-200LR crossed 10 time zones on its marathon flight. The return service will take 17 hours and 30 minutes – the world's longest. Qatar Airways noted the flight was longer than the entire "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies which were filmed in New Zealand. There were four pilots on board as well as 15 cabin crew who served 1,100 cups of tea and coffee, 2,000 cold drinks and 1,036 meals during the flight. In keeping with international tradition to welcome inaugural flights, the Auckland airport rescue service showered the plane with water cannons on arrival. New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay said the estimated economic impact of the new service "will be well in excess" of NZ$50m with the increased freight capacity provided.<br/>
