Airline set to introduce 18-hour non-stop flight

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September 25, 2015 11:55 AM

The flight which will ply San Francisco to an unannounced city in India is the in the running for the world's longest nonstop flight.

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Just when we thought Emirates had raised the bar in long-distance flights with their announcement of the 17-hour-and-35-minute haul between Dubai and Panama, Air India has raised the tempo announcing a soon-to-commence 18-hour haul flight.

The flight which will ply San Francisco to an unannounced city in India is the in the running for the world's longest nonstop flight.

The distance between the two cities - a whooping 14,000 kilometers!

According to The Times of India, Air India is also considering Delhi as a destination for the new US-India route, while speculations are rife that Banglore could be the kick-off city for the new 18-hour long route.

Should the new route kick off, it would surpass Emirates' 17-hour-and-35-minute haul between Dubai and Panama which is scheduled to kick off February 1, 2016.

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According to an Air India senior official, the new route would be flown by an efficient, twin-engine Boeing 777-200.

The current holder for the longest flight route is Qantas Flight 8 which goes from Dallas-Fort Worth to Sydney, Australia and has a flight time of about 16 hours.

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