Richard's Quest: The Rise of Ultra Long Haul Flights
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2018
- Flying farther for longer. The rise of Ultra Long Haul routes is connecting the entire planet via a single, non-stop plane ride. Richard takes a look at some of the longest flights in the world.
How is the Singapore to NY flight a similar length to the Singapore to LA flight? Is it because SQ flies by the North Pole, a different route than depicted?
Look at the globe picture in this blog postonemileatatime.com/singapore-airlines-nonstop-us/
Basically look at the path on a globe vs on a flat map and it becomes clearer why they are about the same length....as you guessed the shortest distance is "up and over" versus "across" the ocean
And now starting from Jomo kenyatta airport in Nairobi is Kenya airways doing 15 hours to J F Kennedy airport in New York bringing quick efficient connection between the East of Africa to the East of the USA. Business and leisure travel is going a notch higher.
very interesting, thanks!
Richard you are missing another one Philippine Airlines Manila to New York the 8th longest flight.
"Premium economy is going to become the new value seat"
Premium economy is literally the new business class.
No its still just like economy service on most airlines but with a nicer seat, business class service blows it away. Flying US Airlines youd miss that most other airlines have Business and FIRST class as well as premium economy and economy.
But that statement couldnt be more accurate in anyway. PRECO will be the battleground not only for the airlines but for PAX who want it as well with limited availability.
There is nothing economical about premium economy. You pay twice the price for 10-15% more room. They should rename it shitty business class.
@@arrgghh1555 no shitty business class is United or British Airways. It genuinely is premium economy and idk where you see double the price. Im looking right now, $880 DC to Beijing Premium Economy compared to $600 for economy. Just one of many examples. Domestic Comort+ or Economy+ is different than premium economy and if thats what you mean then I agree thats a total joke.
SYD to LAX economy $850-1200. Premium economy $2350+
Singapore to Dubai econ $700-1000. Prem $2150+
Perth to London econ $1000-1600. Prem $3200+
Premium economy is a joke.
First class started out as a wider seat, then it got better food and more perks so then they added business class, which was also just a wider seat, now that business class has all the amenities of previous iterations of First Class for many airlines, premium economy is taking the role of business class.
London to Sidney is coming
Sydney-Rio de Janeiro and Melbourne-São Paulo are also coming. Qantas is eyeing launching nonstop flights to Brazil. This will happen particularly when Jair Bolsonaro becomes President.
Who is Sidney? !😆
I have yet to see a nonstop flight from London to Wellington/Auckland. We have seen London-Australia routes, but not London-NZ. We have A350ULR. We have flown Hong Kong to London the *WRONG* way round.
That Al Bakar is a little punk, Richard.
Long distance versus long time
Singapore to New Jersey (ewr) !
Exactly! This media always saying JFK to Singapore as if Newark doesn't exist!!!!
Houston to sidney is longer than dallas
Its actually 4 miles closer to Sydney than Dallas just uses a slower aircraft.
Note: Obviously 4 miles is nothing in aviation, but Sydney is closer to Houston.
@@profligatepassages Yeah, but still the United flight is 18 miles longer than Qantas flight
@@Eduardo-cz3wf that really varies day by day, both flights still very impressive. Id pick Qantas 380 over UA 787 any day too
Qantas Dallas-Sydney: 8,578 miles.
United Airlines Houston-Sydney: 8,596 miles.
You tell 'em, Cookie Monster
A traveler had better buy a good pair of compression stockings to keep his/ her legs from swelling up.
Me 😂😂😂😂
Ultra longhaul are nightmares....who will get off a 18hr non-stop and be fresh????
Business class passengers will be fine.
I got off of Economy on the Perth to London flight and stayed awake most of the day.
Me!!
No one will be fine..pressurised cabin with low partial pressure of oxygen for damn 18 hrs unless you reside in (la paz,Tibet or kashmir) or the day technology allows the fuselage to sustain pressurisation up to 1 atmosphere. ..
"I am the other woman."
This is a very very tough as nails business. The investment is tremendous and the profit margins for some are razor thin. The competiton is super stiff too they have each other by the balls. But none the less the sexiest business in the world. Cheers!!
I'm from the UK who the hell is this guy?????
The Sydney - London flights stop for fueling in Dubai
He was discussing potential for a future non stop route, not the current stopping route.
Wow a CNN reporter that actually knows a smidge about aviation...thats the most impressive part of the video.
Quest is different from the average reporter. He's been doing it for years.
Quest is a Dynamo when it comes to aviation. He actually knows much more but has to cool it down for the mainstream viewer.
8 to 10 hrs max. Ppl freaks out after tht in flight. More fight and upset ppl.
Why not fat people instead of tall people. You can help being fat but you can not help being tall
S P P what language are you talking in? Interested in learning. Thanks.
@@amirulhusni3794 whoops. Predictive text
Everybody forgets delhi- san Francisco
Vivek Krishnan who the hell wants to fly with Indian airlines.
@@themuscle79BONIFACIO Air India u mean.. It has a fleet of 142 aircrafts including this 15.5 hr delhi - san Francisco.. So that means people are flying it.... Thousands of them as we speak... :)
I flew Air India twice and it was quite fine, good service and the food was great.
You forgot nonstop JFK to Manila in October. I guess your research team is not updated! And stop saying JFk to Singapore , its Newark to Singapore! Can u at least recognize Newark Airport? JFK all terminals are ugly!
You are correct and for starters if you want to save $1000-1500 take Newark to Singapore SQ21 and then SQ918 to MNL over JFK to Manila PR127 if SQ offers it for $863
Try using a real flight map to show the route. #Fakenews
Fake map
This man was a pax on my flight, he was not nice as seen on tv. Since then I stopped watching his programme. He mentioned F word in front of us. Big fail
So we're all in agreement he's sexist then right? "Other woman in the back"