{"id":122406,"date":"2017-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/qatar-airways-launched-the-worlds-longest-flight-on-the-doha-auckland-route\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:24:21","slug":"qatar-airways-launched-the-worlds-longest-flight-on-the-doha-auckland-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/qatar-airways-launched-the-worlds-longest-flight-on-the-doha-auckland-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways launched the world&#8217;s longest flight on the Doha-Auckland route"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On February 5, Qatar Airways inaugurated flights on the Doha-Auckland (New Zealand) route, which is set to be the longest commercial flight ever operated in terms of flight duration, specifically 16 hours and 20 minutes. The company announced that the return flight will take even longer, specifically 17 hours and 30 minutes, due to headwinds.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Qatar Airways did not specify the number of crew members on board, but these types of flights require at least four pilots and approximately 15 flight attendants.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is possible that this record will be surpassed soon, given that Singapore Airlines wants to launch nonstop flights on the Singapore-New York route using an Airbus A350 designed for long-haul flights. Singapore Airlines estimates that flights on the Singapore-New York route, which are expected to last approximately 19 hours, will begin during 2018.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How long is the Doha-Auckland flight operated by Qatar Airways?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flight from Doha to Auckland takes 16 hours and 20 minutes, while the return flight takes 17 hours and 30 minutes due to headwinds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many crew members are required for such an ultra-long-haul flight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These types of flights typically require a crew consisting of at least four pilots and approximately 15 flight attendants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which route is expected to break this record in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Singapore Airlines plans to launch nonstop flights on the Singapore-New York route, with an estimated duration of approximately 19 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 5, Qatar Airways inaugurated flights on the Doha-Auckland (New Zealand) route, which is set to be the longest commercial flight ever operated in terms of flight duration, specifically 16 hours and 20 minutes. The company announced that the return flight will take even longer, specifically 17 hours and 30 minutes, due to headwinds.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122406"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}