As reported by Bloomberg, Cathay Pacific plans to reroute its New York-Hong Kong service to avoid Russian airspace. The 10,000+ miles non-stop flight would become the world’s longest flight by distance. The re-routed Cathay Pacific flight would be even longer (in terms of flown mileage) than the current world’s longest flight which is Singapore Airlines’s Singapore-New York JFK route. Cathay Pacific’s flight from New York JFK to Hong Kong would take advantage of favourable tailwinds. Its flight distance would be 16,618 … Continue reading Cathay Pacific Plans World’s Longest Flight From New York to Hong Kong