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Hapa TZ should thank us. We are opening up the whole EAC market to North America. Si lazima wivu kila wakati.
6 Game-Changing Nonstop Flights
The Wall Street Journal
6 Game-Changing Nonstop Flights
All the info you need to book early for the world’s longest flight and other new nonstop flights to bucket-list destinations
EXPRESS YOURSELF New nonstop flights get you farther faster.ILLUSTRATION: FEDERICA DEL PROPOSTO
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By
Barbara Peterson
Aug. 1, 2018 9:47 a.m. ET
MANY YEARS AGO I spent three weeks exploring Indonesia, but first I spent three days exploring the insides of drab airport terminals en route from New York. Today, New Yorkers can skip the layovers and make the trip via a new nonstop flight to Singapore and a short hop across the Strait of Malacca. And that’s just one breakthrough in break-free travel: This year more international nonstop flights are jetting to places that once required depressing detours. “It’s new technology and new aircraft that are making these routes possible,” said John Grant, analyst for OAG, a publisher of airline schedules and research, adding that nimble, fuel-efficient planes like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 are “really stretching the range of where we can fly.” Efficiency has a glamour-factor, too—there’s something thrilling about boarding a plane at 10 p.m., knowing that when you wake up you’ll be halfway across the globe. Some of the game-changing flights departing from major U.S. cities this year:
New York-Nairobi on Kenya Airways
This 15-hour daily flight, launching Oct. 29, via a Dreamliner is the airline’s first nonstop from the U.S., letting you avoid a layover in a crowded terminus like London Heathrow. The morning arrival in Nairobi is timed to get safari-goers to the country’s game parks that afternoon. From Kenya Airways’ hub airport you can also zip to Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mauritius. kenya-airways.com
New York-Manila on Philippine Airlines
You’ll be that much closer to the archipelago’s beaches and dive resorts when PAL starts flying five times a week nonstop from New York on Oct. 30, via a cutting-edge A350-900. The 16-hour trip will cut nearly three hours off the current flight, which stops in Vancouver. The airline is promoting the launch with coach fares starting at $749 round-trip and a premium-economy option from $1,499 round trip, philippineairlines.com
Newark-Singapore, and Los Angeles-Singapore on Singapore Airlines
When Singapore Airlines reboots these nonstops on Oct. 11 and Nov. 2, respectively, it’ll regain the world’s longest flight title: 19 hours from Newark (and 17.5 hours from LAX). The airline dropped the services in 2013 due to rising fuel costs but this time it’s using new energy-efficient A350-900s. Can’t bear the idea of being stuck in a cramped coach seat for nearly a full day? You won’t have to: The layout consists of only two classes, business class and premium economy. singaporeair.com
Chicago-Auckland on Air New Zealand
Starting Nov. 30, the New Zealand flag carrier will begin thrice-weekly service from the Windy City. At about 16 hours, it’ll be the longest nonstop out of Chicago O’Hare. To ease claustrophobia on this antipodean slog, the airline’s Dreamliner is equipped with a spacious premium economy cabin—and it also offers a “skycouch” in several rows of coach, giving family fliers extra space. airnewzealand.com
Los Angeles-Buenos Aires on American Airlines
As of Dec. 19, Southern California will get its first nonstop service to Argentina in many years when American starts flying the route three times a week via its newest Dreamliners. The 12-hour overnight flight departs L.A. in the afternoon and gets you in the following morning—plenty of time to rest up before your obligatory feast at one of the city’s steakhouses. aa.com
6 Game-Changing Nonstop Flights
The Wall Street Journal
6 Game-Changing Nonstop Flights
All the info you need to book early for the world’s longest flight and other new nonstop flights to bucket-list destinations
EXPRESS YOURSELF New nonstop flights get you farther faster.ILLUSTRATION: FEDERICA DEL PROPOSTO
SHARE
By
Barbara Peterson
Aug. 1, 2018 9:47 a.m. ET
MANY YEARS AGO I spent three weeks exploring Indonesia, but first I spent three days exploring the insides of drab airport terminals en route from New York. Today, New Yorkers can skip the layovers and make the trip via a new nonstop flight to Singapore and a short hop across the Strait of Malacca. And that’s just one breakthrough in break-free travel: This year more international nonstop flights are jetting to places that once required depressing detours. “It’s new technology and new aircraft that are making these routes possible,” said John Grant, analyst for OAG, a publisher of airline schedules and research, adding that nimble, fuel-efficient planes like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 are “really stretching the range of where we can fly.” Efficiency has a glamour-factor, too—there’s something thrilling about boarding a plane at 10 p.m., knowing that when you wake up you’ll be halfway across the globe. Some of the game-changing flights departing from major U.S. cities this year:
New York-Nairobi on Kenya Airways
This 15-hour daily flight, launching Oct. 29, via a Dreamliner is the airline’s first nonstop from the U.S., letting you avoid a layover in a crowded terminus like London Heathrow. The morning arrival in Nairobi is timed to get safari-goers to the country’s game parks that afternoon. From Kenya Airways’ hub airport you can also zip to Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mauritius. kenya-airways.com
New York-Manila on Philippine Airlines
You’ll be that much closer to the archipelago’s beaches and dive resorts when PAL starts flying five times a week nonstop from New York on Oct. 30, via a cutting-edge A350-900. The 16-hour trip will cut nearly three hours off the current flight, which stops in Vancouver. The airline is promoting the launch with coach fares starting at $749 round-trip and a premium-economy option from $1,499 round trip, philippineairlines.com
Newark-Singapore, and Los Angeles-Singapore on Singapore Airlines
When Singapore Airlines reboots these nonstops on Oct. 11 and Nov. 2, respectively, it’ll regain the world’s longest flight title: 19 hours from Newark (and 17.5 hours from LAX). The airline dropped the services in 2013 due to rising fuel costs but this time it’s using new energy-efficient A350-900s. Can’t bear the idea of being stuck in a cramped coach seat for nearly a full day? You won’t have to: The layout consists of only two classes, business class and premium economy. singaporeair.com
Chicago-Auckland on Air New Zealand
Starting Nov. 30, the New Zealand flag carrier will begin thrice-weekly service from the Windy City. At about 16 hours, it’ll be the longest nonstop out of Chicago O’Hare. To ease claustrophobia on this antipodean slog, the airline’s Dreamliner is equipped with a spacious premium economy cabin—and it also offers a “skycouch” in several rows of coach, giving family fliers extra space. airnewzealand.com
Los Angeles-Buenos Aires on American Airlines
As of Dec. 19, Southern California will get its first nonstop service to Argentina in many years when American starts flying the route three times a week via its newest Dreamliners. The 12-hour overnight flight departs L.A. in the afternoon and gets you in the following morning—plenty of time to rest up before your obligatory feast at one of the city’s steakhouses. aa.com