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Longest Flight Links Qatar-Auckland in Latest Endurance Test
- Route spans more than 9,000 miles non-stop from Doha
- Emirates, Qantas among rivals offering marathon flights
Qatar Airways wrested the world’s-longest-flight title from Mideast rival Emirates with a 9,030-mile (14,535-kilometer) service linking Doha with Auckland that touched down in New Zealand’s biggest city Tuesday.
The route adds 200 miles to the record Emirates established last year by virtue of Doha’s location further west than Dubai. Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s planned resumption of direct flights from its home hub to New York in 2018 would comfortably beat both services, with a distance of more than 9,500 miles.