US EditionChina Eastern to Open Shanghai-Buenos Aires Route Amid Latin America Push
The 29-hour journey covers 12,229 miles with a stop in Auckland and aims to boost tourism, trade, and education between China, Argentina, and New Zealand.
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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…
Whoa: China Eastern Airlines is Launching a Whopping 29-Hour Flight - The Bulkhead Seat
I’ve taken some long flights from the United States to Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), and others. Those seem like short hops compared to the flight that China Eastern Airlines is launching in December. It will offer nonstop flights that measure more than 12,229 miles and last a whopping 29 hours on the return. This new route will take passengers between Shanghai Pudong…
China Eastern Airlines is set to break the world record for the longest non-stop flight, with plans to launch a new route between Shanghai and Buenos Aires in December. The round-trip flight will take 26 (!) hours and the return flight 29 (!) hours. During the flight, the plane will cover a distance of 19,681 kilometers, including one stop in Auckland, New Zealand. This route, considered the "Southern Corridor" (Corredor Sur) connecting Asia, O…
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…
From Shanghai to Buenos Aires, a nearly 20,000-kilometre marathon trip that pulverizes commercial aviation records.
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