Emirates outdoes Qantas on world’s longest flight
Emirates beat out Qantas Wednesday to fly the world’s longest non-stop route when it launched a direct service from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand. The 17-hours-and-15-minute return leg will overtake Qantas’ 16-hour flight from Dallas to Sydney. Later this month, Emirates will outdo itself when its launches direct flights from Dubai to Panama that it says will take 17 hours and 35 minutes in the winter. The Emirates Auckland service was announced in late January, which is short notice compared to the time between announcing and starting a destination by the airline. The motivator? Qatar Airways’ CE Akbar Al Baker had said he was planning non-stop flights to New Zealand and also to Chile in South America. “Emirates likely saw Qatar’s development in a key market as an unacceptable challenge,” said a senior analyst at CAPA. <br/>
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Emirates outdoes Qantas on world’s longest flight
Emirates beat out Qantas Wednesday to fly the world’s longest non-stop route when it launched a direct service from Dubai to Auckland, New Zealand. The 17-hours-and-15-minute return leg will overtake Qantas’ 16-hour flight from Dallas to Sydney. Later this month, Emirates will outdo itself when its launches direct flights from Dubai to Panama that it says will take 17 hours and 35 minutes in the winter. The Emirates Auckland service was announced in late January, which is short notice compared to the time between announcing and starting a destination by the airline. The motivator? Qatar Airways’ CE Akbar Al Baker had said he was planning non-stop flights to New Zealand and also to Chile in South America. “Emirates likely saw Qatar’s development in a key market as an unacceptable challenge,” said a senior analyst at CAPA. <br/>
