• Delta to resume one of the longest routes wortldwide

    From Aviation HQ@2:292/854 to All on Wed Aug 4 14:45:06 2021
    Delta Air Lines has resumed the longest route in its network, also one of the longest scheduled services in the world. As of this week, the airline is flying again between its home base Atlanta and Johannesburg, South Africa.

    With a distance of 13,581 kilometers, Atlanta-Johannesburg was in eleventh place of longest routes pre-corona. But because many ultra-longhaul flights have still not been resumed due to travel restrictions, these Delta flights are now temporarily in the top five.

    The absolute number 1 remains the Singapore Airlines scheduled service between Singapore and New York JFK, with a distance of 15,349 kilometers.

    Delta now flies three times a week between Atlanta and Johannesburg. They will use an Airbus A350-900 with room for 306 passengers on the route. That aircraft is considerably more economical than the Boeing 777-200LR that was used on the route pre-corona (and has now been phased out).

    On its maiden flight, in the night from Sunday to Monday, it took the A350 just under 16 hours to cover the distance between Atlanta and Johannesburg.

    --- DB4 - Jul 07 2021
    * Origin: AVIATION ECHO HQ (2:292/854)