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A non-stop flight in the aviation industry refers to any flight which does not involve any intermediate stops. Many laymen mistakenly assume that a "direct flight" is similar to a "non-stop flight".
Some of the world's longest non-stop scheduled commercial flights involve trans-Pacific journeys, generally to Southeast Asia and some parts of East Asia such as Hong Kong, via either the great circle route or the polar route. Singapore Airlines was the first to introduce these ultra long haul flights to Southeast Asia, while its competitor Thai Airways launched its own flights from Bangkok later, marketing them as the "fastest to Southeast Asia".
| Route |
Airline |
Flight Number |
Distance
(km (mi)) |
Time |
Aircraft |
First flight |
Type |
| Newark to Singapore |
Singapore Airlines |
SQ21 |
15,262 (9,539) |
18:40 |
Airbus A340-500 |
29 June 2004 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Singapore to Newark |
Singapore Airlines |
SQ22 |
15,262 (9,539) |
18:25 |
Airbus A340-500 |
29 June 2004 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Los Angeles to Singapore |
Singapore Airlines |
SQ37* |
14,033 (8,771) |
18:10 |
Airbus A340-500 |
5 February 2004 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Los Angeles to Bangkok |
Thai Airways International |
TG795 |
13,216 (8,260) |
17:10 |
Airbus A340-500 |
2 December 2005 |
Scheduled passenger |
| New York to Bangkok |
Thai Airways International |
TG791 |
13,854 (8,659) |
17:00 |
Airbus A340-500 |
1 May 2005 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Bangkok to New York |
Thai Airways International |
TG790 |
13,854 (8,659) |
16:55 |
Airbus A340-500 |
1 May 2005 |
Scheduled passenger |
| New York to Hong Kong |
Cathay Pacific Airways |
CX830 |
12,968 (8,055) |
16:15 |
Airbus A340-600 |
1 July 2004 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Newark to Hong Kong |
Continental Airlines |
CO99 |
12,896 (8,060) |
15:55 |
Boeing 777-200ER |
1 March 2001 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Singapore to Los Angeles |
Singapore Airlines |
SQ38* |
14,033 (8,771) |
15:30 |
Airbus A340-500 |
4 February 2004 |
Scheduled passenger |
| Bangkok to Los Angeles |
Thai Airways International |
TG794 |
13,216 (8,260) |
14:30 |
Airbus A340-500 |
2 December 2005 |
Scheduled passenger |
* Before 29 October 2006, the flight numbers for these 2 routes was SQ20 (SIN-LAX)/SQ19 (LAX-SIN)
On 11 November 2005, Boeing successfully flew a Boeing 777-200LR from Hong Kong to London via the Pacific Ocean, over a distance of 21,601 km and a flight time of 22 hours 42 minutes. It broke the previous record of the longest non-stop flight by a jet aircraft [1], held by a Boeing B-52 bomber flight from Kadena, Okinawa, to an Air Force base at Madrid, Spain for a distance of 20,168 km.
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