Video: Emirates A380 Completes World's Longest Nonstop Flight
China Aviation Daily | Mar. 02, 2016
Emirates has launched its first non-stop service between Dubai and Auckland, one of the world's longest scheduled flights, bringing 39 European destinations and another 38 in Africa and the Middle East within just one stop of New Zealand.
The plane flew in to the record books Wednesday when it landed in Auckland, New Zealand after an 8,824 mile non-stop journey from Dubai.
The journey beat the previous record set by Qantas which travels 8,577 miles between Dallas Fort Worth and Sydney.
And to celebrate the milestone, the first service was operated with a double-decker A380 rather than the Boeing 777-200LR that will regularly fly the route.
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