The Travel Source: The longest flights in the World

No one really likes plane travel. The thought of being cooped up with a hundred other people at 30,000ft is enough to send shudders down the spine of even them most ardent of travellers, but flying brings so many benefits that far out-weigh the negatives and the initial trepidation is cast aside once we reach our often blissful vacation spot.

However, some people are luckier than others. In my opinion, anything over 10 hours can be deemed as a 'long-flight'. My longest was 13hours and the fact that I was ill throughout it's duration made the whole thing completely unbearable.

Compare this to the longest flight in the World and my personal best seems positively pedestrian.

At almost 19 hours, Newark to Singapore is officially the longest flight in the World -that's almost a whole day and is measured at 9,535 miles. Unfortunately, I have not had the pleasure of embarking on such a flight, nor do I know of anyone who has, but I can imagine there are plenty of passengers pacing up and down their cabins non-stop in the hope of staving off potential DVT!

The second longest flight is L.A to Singapore, (there seems to be a pattern emerging here), and is 17 hours and 20 minutes, or 8,770 miles. If only Singaporeans knew of this American feat of endurance when welcoming these unfortunate tourists!

In third place we have Qantas airways offering a comparatively bearable Sydney to Dallas at 15.25 hours and 8,578 miles.

You may have noticed that there is a distinct lack of European destinations on this run-down. This is because of the geographical location of Europe in relation to major cities in the World offering these aptly named ultra long-haul flights. Until technology advances to the extent that a non-stop flight to Australia becomes available, us Europeans should be thankful!