World’s longest air route revealed – Dubai to Panama City

Emirates is going to fly the longest airline route beating the Qantas Sydney-Dallas route previously known as the longest airborne journey. The Dubai based airline is going to fly from its hub, Dubai to Panama City covering a distance of 13,821 kilometers.

It will be a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, the longest range jetliner as announced by Emirates and the flight will take nearly 17 hours and 35 minutes to fly passengers from Dubai to Panama City.

According to the reports, the route is expected to open from February 1, 2016. For Emirates, Panama will serve as a gateway for onward business and tourist travel to cities across Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America, as well as providing capacity for imported electronics, machined products and drugs.

The twin-engine 777-200LRs used on the route, which have a range of 17,000 km, will feature 266 seats in three classes. The model set the world distance record in 2005 when a plane flew 21,601km, more than halfway round the world, eastbound between Hong Kong and London, though with only a minimal passenger load.

The most far-flung destination offered now by Emirates is Los Angeles, 13,420 km from Dubai and served using an Airbus A380 superjumbo. Within Latin America, the carrier already operates to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.