Longest flight in the world - 18-hours by Qatar Airways from Doha to Auckland

Qatar Airways is going to begin the longest flight in the world. It will be a 18-hour flight from Doha to Auckland and it is termed as "ultra-long haul flights". The distance between Doha and Auckland is 14,500 km and it would take 18 and a half hours as calculated by Travelmath's flight time calculator.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 27 January 2016.

As indicated by the state-owned airline, it has had its eyes on this market and these ultra-long haul flights to Auckland were part of new expansion plans.
Right now, Qantas operates the longest non-stop flight in the world but with the introduction of Qatar Airways flights,it will take a back seat - the Doha - Auckland flight would beat that route by almost 1000 kilometres. Qantas has been operating a Sydney - Dallas flight since September 2014 - it covers a distance of 13,800 kilometres in around 17 hours.
The Qatar Airways flight would be operating Boeing 777-LR aircraft.
The longest flight that Air New Zealand operates is from Auckland to Houston using Boeing's 777-ER aircraft. It covers a distance of 11,933 kilometres and takes 14 hours and 30 minutes.


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Congrats to the frequent flier of Australia who has logged 3-million miles with Qantas

82-year-old John Martin is set to enter some book of records because he is a frequent flier on Qantas who has logged 3-million miles. This Australian pensioner would reach a major milestone this week that will cement his status as the ultimate frequent flyer when he completes his 959th flight with Qantas Airways on Tuesday.
That way, he would have racked up three million miles with a single airline which would be the equivalent of flying around the world several times over.
He is a former television news editor and has been flying for more than 50 years in the course of which he has completed 148 long-haul journeys to New York and 138 flights to London.
He has already logged 95 flights and his next goal is reaching 1,000 flights with the flag carrier airline of Australia. In appreciation of his loyalty to it, Qantas has given the retired television news editor the keys to its 75th Boeing 737-800, a retro-themed aircraft.
Incidentally, John Martin never married, never had children, and he refuses to slow down even though his friends are encouraging him to take it easy as he grows older. He has flown all over the world and can name all of the 278 different aircraft he has flown on because he maintains records meticulously. It seems he keeps notes on every Qantas plane he has boarded and would like to add the airline’s first Airbus A380 to his list.