World’s longest direct commercial flight made
An Emirates Airbus A380 completed the world's longest direct commercial flight after landing in Auckland on Wednesday, having started the journey 14,201 kilometers away in Dubai. The previous record was held by Qantas’ Sydney-to-Dallas flight for a journey of around 13,798 kilometers. Notably, it was also the longest direct journey by flight time, at about 17 hours and 15 minutes. 