The World's Top 10 Longest Flights

UAE's national flag carrier Emirates, currently, holds the title for offering the world's longest flight on a commercial airliner. The non-stop flight from Dubai to Auckland (New Zealand) is a daily scheduled flight with a duration of 17 hours and 15 minutes! The total distance covered is 8,823 miles (14,326 kilometres).

This record-holder commercial flight was inaugurated just days ago, on March 2016, when an Emirates Airbus A380 flew all the way from Dubai to Auckland. However, the regular flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft—an aircraft named Worldliner, because it can connect any two destinations in the world without needing to stop for a refuel.

The World's Top 10 Longest Flights (2016 March)
S.No.	Airline	Route	Duration (HH:MM)	Aircraft
1	Emirates	Dubai - Auckland	17:15	Boeing 777-200LR
2	Delta Airlines	Johannesburg - Atlanta	16:55	Boeing 777-200LR
3	Saudia	Jeddah - Los Angeles	16:55	Boeing 777-300ER
4	Qantas	Dallas Fort Worth - Sydney	16:50	Airbus A380-800
5	Etihad	Abu Dhabi - Los Angeles	16:45	Boeing 777-200LR
6	Emirates	Dubai - Houston	16:45	Airbus A380-800
7	Qatar	Doha - Los Angeles	16:25	Boeing 777-200LR
8	Cathay Pacific	New York - Hong Kong	16:15	Boeing 777-300ER
9	United	Newark - Hong Kong	16:15	Boeing 777-200ER
10	Emirates	Dubai - Los Angeles	16:00	Airbus A380-800

Previous Record-Holders For Longest Flights

1. Singapore Airlines (Newark - Singapore) While all these flights with flight times over 16 hours seem long, none of these would match up to the longest flight ever - Singapore Airlines' Flight 21. The flight from Newark to Singapore was 18 hours and 30 minutes long, operated by an Airbus 340-500 aircraft. This flight was discontinued in October 2012. However, Singapore Airlines plans to relaunch this route with its new Airbus A350-900 planes.

2. Singapore Airlines (Los Angeles - Singapore) With a flight duration of 18 hours, it was the second-longest non-stop flight in the world.

3. Delta Airlines (Mumbai - Atlanta) The flight with 17 hours and 55 minutes of on-air time was discontinued in October 2009.