Doha - Auckland with Qatar Airways, from February 5, 2017
The route will be approximately 14500 kilometers long and the flight will take 17 hours and 30 minutes!
The battle continues for the longest flight in the world, if we are to relate to distance and time. At the moment, Emirates is on the first place with the route Dubai - Auckland. It has a length of 14193km and is covered in 17 hours and 15 minutes on the segment Auckland - Dubai.
Doha - Auckland flight schedule with Qatar Airways:
QR NO Doha 02:50 - 05:00 + 1 Auckland
QR NO Auckland 14:40 - 22:10 Doha
The inaugural flight, from 5 to February 2017, will have a separate schedule compared to the other flights. Will take off at 05: 10 from Doha, to land in Auckland around 07: 30, the next day. The route will be inaugurated on 5 February 2017 and will be honored with Boeing 777-200LR aircraft.
The route will be approximately 14500 kilometers long and the flight will take 17 hours and 30 minutes on the Auckland - Doha segment. Under these conditions, it will certainly move into the leader in the ranking of the longest flights in the world.
Why is the time difference so great between the two flights? The distance from Doha to Dubai is greater than 30 minutes in flight (disregarding take-off and landing maneuvers on a Doha-Dubai flight).