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Flight Marathon: 29 Hours on a Plane: Airline Advertises "Longest Flight in the World"

China Eastern will start the longest flight route in the world in December. Those arriving will be on the plane for more than a day – including a break in Auckland.
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On December 4, 2025, China Eastern Airlines will launch a new scheduled route between Asia and South America. The flight will take off from Shanghai-Pudong International Airport, make a technical stopover at Auckland, New Zealand, before landing at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza. The stopover will not require any change of aircraft, the route is officially referred to as a direct flight with technical stopover. This new route will become, in terms of dista…

China Eastern Airlines will open the longest airline in the world between Shanghai and Buenos Aires, with a stopover in Auckland. This nearly 20,000 km journey will last until 29 hours for the return trip....

China Eastern will start the longest flight route in the world in December. Those arriving will be on the plane for more than a day – including a break in Auckland.

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www.kleinezeitung.at broke the news in on Friday, September 19, 2025.
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