The world's 10 longest non-stop flights criss-cross the world, cutting down travel time and making journeys easier and comfortable.

While the longest non-stop flight in the world will take over 17 hours, the longest domestic flight in India -- from Kochi to New Delhi -- takes three hours.

The top 10 non-stop flights cover a distance of 82,702 miles, connecting big cities across the world.

Take a look at the world's 10 longest non-stop flights...

Emirates
Rank: 1
Route: Dubai to Panama City
Distance: 8,588 miles
Duration: 17 hours and 35 minutes
One of the world’s biggest airlines, Emirates plans to launch services to Panama City from February 2016, making it the longest non-stop flight in the world.
The service to Panama City will start with a daily flight operated by a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.
Currently, it operates four longest non-stop commercial flights.


Qantas
Rank: 2
Route: Dallas to Sydney
Distance: 8,578 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 55 minutes
Qantas is Australia’s national airline and has the record of being the safest airline as well.
Founded in 1920, the third oldest airline in the world flies to 20 domestic destinations and 21 international destinations in 14 countries. Qantas also owns the low-cost airline, Jetstar.


Saudia
Rank: 3
Route: Jeddah to Los Angeles
Distance: 8,332 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 55 minutes
Founded in 1945, Saudi Arabia’s flagship airline flies to over 120 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
The airline is the third largest in the Middle East in terms of revenue, after Emirates and Qatar Airways.


Delta Airlines
Rank: 4
Route: Johannesburg to Atlanta
Distance: 8,439 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 40 minutes
The oldest airline operating in the United States, started off as Huff Daland Dusters in 1924. The airline and its subsidiaries operate over 5,400 flights daily across 334 destinations in 64 countries.


Emirates
Rank: 5
Route: Dubai to Los Angeles
Distance: 8,339 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 35 minutes
The largest airline in the Middle East, Emirates operates services to 147 destinations in 81 countries in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Far East and Australasia.
Since its launch in 1985, Emirates Airline has received more than 500 international awards.


Etihad
Rank: 6
Route: Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles
Distance: 8,390 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 25 minutes
Founded in 2003, Etihad is the second-largest airline in United Arab Emirates.
The airline operates more than 1,000 flights per week to over 120 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.


Emirates
Rank: 7
Route: Dubai to Houston
Distance: 8,168 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 20 minutes

American Airlines
Rank: 8
Route: Dallas to Hong Kong
Distance: 8,123 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 20 minutes
American Airlines, which started operations in 1934, is the world's largest airline in terms of passengers flown, fleet size and revenue.
The airline established itself by merging 82 small airlines through acquisitions in 1930.


Etihad
Rank: 9
Route: Abu Dhabi to San Francisco
Distance: 8,158 miles
Duration: 16 hours and 15 minutes


Cathay Pacific
Rank: 10
Route: New York to Hong Kong
Distance: 8,072 miles
Duration: 16 hours
Cathay Pacific. founded in 1946, flies to 200 destinations in 52 countries across the world.
The airline has been ranked as ‘World's Best Airline’ four times.
Its subsidiary, Dragonair, operates to 44 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region from its base in Hong Kong.

moneybag100:
Count me out, I dey fly 2hours self my mind never rest, I dey pray make we quickly land as the turbulence dey shake the plane vigorously like say e wan crash talk less of 17hours.

CFCman:

Lol. I actually enjoy flying. But my maximum tolerance is between 8-10 hours.

GboyegaD:
Awesome! Would love to fly these destinations some day.

moneybag100:

I enjoyed flying too but my last experience was bad due to the high turbulence, I let the fear gripped me and bad thoughts ranged my mind. So for now, I wouldn't go near airplane if not thoroughly necessary.

CFCman:

Eyah..
For me, I'm mostly calm if its only a little turbulence. I've never been through 10 mins or more of turbulence.

CFCman:

Especially on Emirates and Etihad flights. The journey would be a destination in of itself.

Explorers:
Cool, i also learnt that by 2018, Singapore Airlines is expected to run a 19-hour non-stop flight from Singapore to New York.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3458732/The-aviation-race-Carriers-compete-offer-world-s-longest-non-stop-flight-s-Singapore-Airlines-mammoth-19-hour-trek-lined-title.html

CFCman:

Wow. At least, 2 flight crews would be needed on that flight.

Qualer:



might not be necessary. modern planes these days more or less fly themselves when at cruising altitude. So most of the time, the pilots are actually chilling on long haul flights!

the major work in flying modern commercial jets will be taking off and landing, mostly!

Qualer:



might not be necessary. modern planes these days more or less fly themselves when at cruising altitude. So most of the time, the pilots are actually chilling on long haul flights!

the major work in flying modern commercial jets will be taking off and landing, mostly!

Boeing777pilot:


It's not necessary It's compulsory.
We usually have two sets then another set on standby.
And no we don't exactly chill on long haul flights , there's a lot of other things we do during that period.

Boeing777pilot:
I have been part of a crew that operated a 16hr flight from the Middle East to the United States.

It's pretty much interesting as we have two sets of crew members who share the flight time. It's really not that difficult per SE.

As a passenger, I have flown from Johannesburg to Heathrow.

As a passenger, you would enjoy long haul flights in the business class.

And yes my baby the Boeing 777 family is one of the best long haul airplanes in existence.

CFCman:

The one plane that I haven't flown in is the A380. I've heard people say it's so quiet that they barely knew the engines were on.

BTW, how long was the journey from JNB to Heathrow?

Boeing777pilot:


That's very true about the A380. It's a modern aviation marvel.

JNB -LHR is 11hours 20-30 mins. Depending on the tailwinds.

Boeing777pilot:
I have been part of a crew that operated a 16hr flight from the Middle East to the United States.

It's pretty much interesting as we have two sets of crew members who share the flight time. It's really not that difficult per SE.

As a passenger, I have flown from Johannesburg to Heathrow.

As a passenger, you would enjoy long haul flights in the business class.

And yes my baby the Boeing 777 family is one of the best long haul airplanes in existence.

ClassCaptain:


boss.. You a pilot.?

CFCman:
The longest domestic flight within Nigeria can't be more than 2 hours?

CFCman:

Stuff like monitoring the systems and communicating with ATC, ensuring that you haven't strayed into a no-fly zone, right?

Funjosh:
Who owns the Emirate Air and Etihad Air

Boeing777pilot:


Yes sire.