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Recently, United Airlines announced that it will start world’s longest flight for Boeing’s most fuel-efficient plane 787.
The first one is between Los Angeles and Melbourne, scheduled to start in October. This flight will cover a distance of 12,757 km (7,927 miles). This will become world’s 17th longest non-stop flight by distance.
The second will be between San Francisco and Chengdu covering a distance of 11,035 km (6,857 miles).
For the first time furl-efficient Boeing 787 will feature in the top 30 longest non-stop flights. As of today, the most airlines use Boeing 777 family.
Here are longest non-stop flights that have a travel time of minimum 14 hours and 55 minutes and a minimum distance of 12,189 kms.
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Sydney - Dallas/Fort Worth
Rank: 1
Airline: Qantas
Flight number: QF 7
Distance: 13,804 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 25 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 747-400ER (Airbus A380-800 from 29 September 2014)
First flight: 16 May 2011
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Johannesburg - Atlanta
Rank: 2
Airline: Delta Air Lines
Flight number: DL 201
Distance: 13,582 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 40 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 3 June 2009
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Abu Dhabi - Los Angeles
Rank: 3
Airline: Etihad
Flight number: EY 171
Distance: 13,502 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 25 min
Aircraft type: Airbus A340-500
First flight: 1 June 2014
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Dubai - Los Angeles
Rank: 4
Airline: Emirates
Flight number: EK 215
Distance: 13,420 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 35 min
Aircraft type: Airbus A380-800
First flight: 26 October 2008
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Jeddah - Los Angeles
Rank: 5
Airline: Saudia
Flight number: SV 41
Distance: 13,409 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 55 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 31 March 2014
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Dallas/Fort Worth - Brisbane
Rank: 6
Airline: Qantas
Flight number: QF 8
Distance: 13,363 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 05 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 747-400ER
First flight: 16 May 2011
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Dubai - Houston
Rank: 7
Airline: Emirates
Flight number: EK 211
Distance: 13,144 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 20 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 3 December 2007
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Dallas/Fort Worth - Hong Kong
Rank: 8
Airline: American Airlines
Flight number: AA 137
Distance: 13,072 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 20 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 11 June 2014
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Dubai - San Francisco
Rank: 9
Airline: Emirates
Flight number: EK 225
Distance: 13,041 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 50 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 15 December 2008
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New York - Hong Kong
Rank: 10
Airline: Cathay Pacific
Flight number: CX 831, CX 841, CX 845
Distance: 12,990 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 00 min and 16 hr 15 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 July 2004
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Newark - Hong Kong
Rank: 11
Airline: United Airlines
Flight number: UA 117
Distance: 12,980 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 0 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER
First flight: 1 March 2001
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Newark - Hong Kong
Rank: 11
Airline: Cathay Pacific
Flight number: CX 899
Distance: 12,980 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 50 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 March 2014
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Doha - Houston
Rank: 13
Airline: Qatar Airways
Flight number: QR 713
Distance: 12,951 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 20 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 31 March 2009
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Dubai - Dallas/Fort Worth
Rank: 14
Airline: Emirates
Flight number: EK 221
Distance: 12,940 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 20 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR (Airbus A380-800 from 01 October 2014)
First flight: 2 February 2012
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Johannesburg - New York
Rank: 15
Airline: South African Airways
Flight number: SA 203
Distance: 12,825 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 05 min
Aircraft type: Airbus A340-600
First flight: 1 May 2011
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Doha - Dallas/Fort Worth
Rank: 16
Airline: Qatar Airways
Flight number: QR 733
Distance: 12,764 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 20 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 1 July 2014
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Los Angeles - Melbourne
Rank: 17
Airline: Qantas
Flight number: QF 94
Distance: 12,748 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 50 min
Aircraft type: Airbus A380-800
First flight: 31 October 1999
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Los Angeles - Melbourne
Rank: 17
Airline: Virgin Australia
Flight number: VA 24
Distance: 12,748 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 50 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 December 2009
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Toronto - Hong Kong
Rank: 19
Airline: Cathay Pacific
Flight number: CX 825 and CX 829
Distance: 12,569 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 25 min and 15 hr 30 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 January 2008
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Toronto - Hong Kong
Rank: 19
Airline: Air Canada
Flight number: AC 15
Distance: 12,569 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 35 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 1 August 2004
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New York - Taipei
Rank: 21
Airline: EVA Air
Flight number: BR 31
Distance: 12,566 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 30 min and 16 hr 10 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 31 October 2011
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Mumbai - Newark
Rank: 22
Airline: United Airlines
Flight number: UA 49
Distance: 12,565 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 05 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER
First flight: 1 October 2007
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Mumbai - Newark
Rank: 22
Airline: Air India
Flight number: AI 191
Distance: 12,565 km
Scheduled duration: 16 hr 05 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 31 October 2010
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Chicago - Hong Kong
Rank: 24
Airline: United Airlines
Flight number: UA 895
Distance: 12,542 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 25 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER
First flight: 15 June 1996
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Chicago - Hong Kong
Rank: 24
Airline: Cathay Pacific
Flight number: CX 807
Distance: 12,542 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 25 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 September 2011
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Vancouver - Sydney
Rank: 26
Airline: Air Canada
Flight number: AC 33 and AC 35
Distance: 12,484 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 40 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 14 December 2007
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Doha - Miami
Rank: 27
Airline: Qatar Airways
Flight number: QR 777
Distance: 12,357 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 40 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 10 June 2014
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Dubai - Atlanta
Rank: 28
Airline: Delta Air Lines
Flight number: DL 7
Distance: 12,230 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 45 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200LR
First flight: 1 June 2007
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Dubai - Sao Paulo
Rank: 29
Airline: Emirates
Flight number: EK 261
Distance: 12,217 km
Scheduled duration: 14 hr 55 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-300ER
First flight: 1 October 2007
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Tel Aviv - Los Angeles
Rank: 30
Airline: El Al
Flight number: LY 5
Distance: 12,189 km
Scheduled duration: 15 hr 35 min
Aircraft type: Boeing 777-200ER
First flight: 23 July 2006
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