A Chinese Airline Is Launching a 12,000-Mile, 29-Hour-Long Flight Across the Pacific

A Chinese airline is launching a 12,000-mile, 29-hour-long flight across the Pacific

A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 777-300 .Robert Smith/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesChina Eastern Airlines is selling tickets for the world's longest direct flight.It would take 29 hours to fly from Buenos Aires to Shanghai, with a stopover in New Zealand.Australia's Qantas plans to launch the world's longest nonstop flight next year.A Chinese airline has started selling tickets for the world's longest direct flight.From December, China Easte…

China Eastern to operate record-breaking 29-hour direct flight

Nearly 30 hours stuck in a middle seat. That’s what some passengers will be required to endure when China Eastern Airlines launches a record-breaking direct flight between Buenos Aires and Shanghai this December.  The 12,000-mile journey, set to begin on December 4, 2025, pushes the limits of ultra-long-haul travel and raises questions about how airlines, crews, and passengers will cope with such an extraordinary trip.  The flight will be operat…

China Eastern Launching 29-Hour "Direct" Flight, The World's Longest

SkyTeam member China Eastern is launching a new fifth freedom flight, which is part of the world’s new longest “direct” flight. This is quite a journey… China Eastern adds Auckland to Buenos Aires route As of December 4, 2025, China Eastern will launch 2x weekly flights from Shanghai (PVG) to Auckland (AKL) to Buenos Aires (EZE), representing the carrier’s first route to South America. The flight will operate with the following schedule: MU745 S…

China Eastern Airlines Will Launch Longest Direct Flight In The World Clocking In At A Bum Numbing 29 Hours

China Eastern Airlines will smash the record for the world’s longest direct flight with plans to launch a new service between Shanghai and Buenos Aires in December, covering more than 10,600 nautical miles and clocking in at a bum-numbing 29 hours for the return flight. Although the flight will make a stopover in Auckland on… The post China Eastern Airlines Will Launch Longest Direct Flight In The World Clocking In At A Bum Numbing 29 Hours appe…