An Airbus jetliner arrived in Newark on Friday after a nearly 18-hour trip from Singapore, completing the world’s longest commercial flight.
It marked the revival of a route that had been eliminated in 2013.
Singapore Airlines Flight SQ22 arrived at 5:29 am (0929 GMT), the Newark Liberty International Airport website said. That made for a flight of 17 hours and 52 minutes.
The flight had been scheduled to take 18 hours and 25 minutes. Flying from New York to Singapore would be a longer journey.
The plane was carrying 150 passengers and 17 crew members as it traveled 10,250 miles (16,500 kilometers).
This trip was made with the new and more fuel efficient Airbus A350-900ULR.
It topped the previous longest direct air link between cities — Qatar Airways Flight 921 from Auckland to Doha, which takes 17 hours 40 minutes.
