The longest flights in world

[Redondo]

The longest flights in world

 

That's a long time to be on a plane.

 

Anyone been on any of these?

[Spencer]

I did #4 in August. Johannesburg to JFK, and then on to John Wayne.

 

Couldn't sleep, so I wandered the aisles, trying desperately to booze myself into oblivion.

 

On the plus side, the stewardesses were smoking hot.  They give Lufthansa and British Airways a run for their money.

[Stradling]

I've flown nonstop from LAX to Sydney, that was a very long flight, about 14 hours, then we had a little layover. From there we flew to the Wit Summers Islands, I think that is how you spell it. From there we took a nice boat to the Hayman Island. Total travel day of about 26 hours. It was totally worth it, that is an incredible hotel. The only thing on the island is the resort and it is beautiful and you truly feel like you are totally isolated.

[HaloCory22]

In before MH370 jokes.

[mancini79]

In before MH370 jokes.

 

A bunch of Asians were on the plane. Couldn't be that long.

[mtangelsfan]

Flown LAX to Taipei.  14 1/2 hours.  

[Gavin]

Flew from LAX to Hong Kong with a two hour layover and then hopped on a plane to Jakarta for another five hours. The five hour flight was miserable, much worse than the flight to hong kong

[Redondo]

 

Is this a bed? Qatar Airlines #6

[NJHalo]

Doing Honolulu to Newark in July.

Not looking forward to that one.

[mancini79]

Did Germany to NY. Smelled of 2 week old sauerkraut and Guinness. I was spraying people around me with cologne. LONGEST FLIGHT EVER!!

[Storts]

Done London to Honolulu although with a brief stopover in LAX

[gotbeer]

Longest flight in the world?  Easy.  LAX to Tokyo, nonstop.  As an unaccompanied 11 year old minor.  Or at least it must have been for the 100+ on board that flight.

[notherhalo]

Im used to those 11-14 hour flights by now but

 

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[mulwin444]

My honeymoon was in Tenerife...from LAX to PHI then PHI to Spain then Spain to Tenerife...26 hours from beginning to last landing.  Last leg was on Air Europa which makes Southwest Airlines look like a luxury airlines. 

[arch stanton]

I've done plenty of 24-27 hour excursions but I think the longest non-stop was Heathrow to LAX which was followed by a car ride to La Quinta. That only seemed longer.

[notherhalo]

Does easyjet really have to charge for water?   I dont mind paying €2 or whatever but trying to squeeze my wallet out of those tiny european spaced seating arrangements can be challenging for a ~200 lb american

[Tank]

Any flight longer than a couple of hours after you've gained a lot of weight.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The longest flight I have ever been on was LAX to London Heathrow, have done it twice. A mere 11 1/2 hours. Awake for every minute of both flights, have never been able to sleep on a plane.

 

Given that I just got an e-mail offering me a "discounted" fare of almost $1,800 per person for the same trip, doubt that I will be making it again anytime soon. When we went in 2001 we paid $750 round trip for two people.

Edited March 24, 2014 by Vegas Halo Fan

[halodground]

I've done LAX to Heathrow and LAX to Frankfurt, both weren't too bad.

 

The longest single trip I've taken was when I was an airline employee and was trying to non-rev to Honolulu.  I couldn't get on out of LAX so I flew non-stop LAX to Newark, slept for 3 hours, and then flew Newark to Honolulu nonstop.  That made for a long trip.  I was only in Hawaii for 2 nights too.  And then had to fly back to LA via Houston.

 

Good times.

[Chuck]

Flown LAX to Taipei. 14 1/2 hours.

I did Seattle to Taipei. I could not sleep the entire time despite drinking wine and popping a Xanax and two melatonin.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

10 years ago my wife and I flew LAX to Sydney, in coach. Used Qantas, which was fine since they have a screen at each seat so you can spend you time watching movies and playing Tetris. I forgot how good I am at that game, played it for a couple hours straight.  After a lot of wine and booze, I slept a good 6 hours of the flight.

[St1ck]

Longest flight for me was 14 1/2 hours LAX to Hong Kong. Free booze on international flights, so it wasn't too bad. 

[TobiasFunke]

The longest flight I have ever been on was LAX to London Heathrow, have done it twice. A mere 11 1/2 hours. Awake for every minute of both flights, have never been able to sleep on a plane.

Same

[Tank]

I've done LAX to Heathrow and LAX to Frankfurt, both weren't too bad.

 

The longest single trip I've taken was when I was an airline employee and was trying to non-rev to Honolulu.  I couldn't get on out of LAX so I flew non-stop LAX to Newark, slept for 3 hours, and then flew Newark to Honolulu nonstop.  That made for a long trip.  I was only in Hawaii for 2 nights too.  And then had to fly back to LA via Houston.

 

Good times.

That's what you get for letting the federal gov't book your flight.