Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Chinese airline launches 29-hour ‘direct flight’ – but there’s a catch
The longest nonstop flight is Singapore Airlines’ Singapore-New York
JFK route, which covers 15,349 km in about 18 hours. Now, China Eastern
Airlines has launched ticket sales for the world’s longest direct flight between
Shanghai and Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting December 4. The flight time is
25.5 hours to Buenos Aires and 29 hours to Shanghai. It leaves at 2:00 am on
Monday and arrives at Buenos Aires at 4:30 pm on the same day. The return
flight leaves Buenos Aires at 2:00 am and arrives at Shanghai at 6:00 pm the
next day. To your relief or
disappointment, the flight time includes a two-hour layover at Auckland, New
Zealand. The airline boasts that this new route is going to be the world’s
first commercial flight connecting two antipodal cities, on opposite sides of
the earth. It also regards it as a key initiative in building an Air Silk Road
between the Asia-Pacific and South Africa. The challenges for stable operation are
significant for the airline to arrange maintenance and resource support,
transoceanic operations, long duty shifts for crew members, and market
development in South America. Also, passengers will have to endure two consecutive
10-hour-plus flights with a two-hour break. How many meals, drinks, dramas, movies,
games, and chapters will entertain the passengers during the long flight? WiFi
connections might not be enough, but bike machines or treadmills might be of some
help.
Read the article and learn about the world’s longest direct flight from
China to Argentina.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/17/travel/china-eastern-29-hour-flight-shanghai-buenos-aires-intl-hnk
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