The Longest Flight In The World

The longest flight in the world is currently the Singapore Airlines flight SQ24 from Singapore to New York. Covering 9,537 miles in about 18 hours 45 minutes, this flight is at the top of every AVGEEK’s bucket list. For this very long flight, Singapore Airlines utilizes one of its’ newest Airbus A350-900 Ultra-Long-Range (ULR) aircraft.

After being quarantined at Singapore’s Changi airport for being arriving from the Maldives which as of October 2021 was a “red zone” country, boarding this flight was a better option than staying in that cell (room) at the Aerotel Transit Hotel at Changi airport.

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While boarding the flight SQ24 was nothing to write home about, stepping our feet into the aircraft gave us a better feeling. On a first impression standpoint, the business class cabin gave us a wow factor with an added luxurious feeling. On this flight, there were about 20% passengers in business class and about the same for premium economy.

Interestingly, a couple of the seats were blocked for the crew use.

A moment after takeoff, the flight attendants began the first food and beverage service of the night. We had preordered our meals using the Singapore Airlines signature “book the cook” a few days before the flight. As soon as we were up in the air, it was now time to put all the crazy experience we had in Singapore behind us and just enjoy our time onboard the longest flight in the world.

For Mrs. The Points Engineer, the experience wouldn’t be completed without saying “Bye Singapore, peace out…we won’t miss you.”

The business class cabin is segmented into 2 different cabins with a total of 67 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration. The beige, grayish, and brown colors all added a great taste not just to the seats, but to the cabin generally.

For the first round of food and beverage of the night, I started with almond and cashew nuts plus a glass of mixed summer breeze drink. But come on Singapore airlines, you sure could do better than this. It was quite disappointing seeing the nuts were not being served on a plate but in a sachet. This was an approximately $7,500 flight by the way.  

I had pre-booked the Singapore Laksa, and Nasi Lemak and steam cod fish Thai style a few days before the flight, using Singapore Airlines “book the cook.”

Heads up: unfortunately for this flight, we lost most of the data captured during the flight. Hence, the reason for not having pictures to show from here. You can refer to the video below for more info regarding this 18 hours Longest Flight In The World.