Airlines
Emirates Plans World’s Longest Flight
Dubai-Panama City Service to Last 17 Hours, 35 Minutes
The Boeing 777-200LR can carry 317 passengers as far as 8,555 nautical miles, according to company specifications. (Photo: Boeing)
The Boeing 777-200LR can carry 317 passengers as far as 8,555 nautical miles, according to company specifications. (Photo: Boeing)

Emirates Airline plans to fly the longest nonstop flight in the world next February, when it launches new direct service between Dubai and Panama City. Schedules call for the westbound portion of the Boeing 777-200LR service to last 17 hours and 35 minutes and cover 7,463 nm, according to the Great Circle Mapper website. Under the same operational assumptions, today’s longest regularly scheduled service in the world—Qantas’s Airbus A380 operation between Sydney and Dallas—covers 7,454 nm.