The Rise of 20-Hour Long Flights

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Select footage courtesy the AP Archive

Footage Attributions (all clips Creative Commons, copyright free, or cleared with owner):
Cathay Pacific 777 landing shot courtesy PDX Aviation
a350 landing shot courtesy ZurichAirportSpotter
UPS footage courtesy UPS
Singapore Airlines a350 footage courtesy Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Aviateur European Plane Spotted
Virgin Atlantic a340 footage courtesy Runway Fun
Qantas 787 footage courtesy Aviation Insider

[onemileperhour]

Can't wait for non stop Newark to Newark flights

[TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

You know it's gonna be a good Wendover video if it has any mention of planes in the title.

[AngryGingerHorse]

Americans and Europeans: "I flew 12+ hours in economy once, never again!"
Me, from NZ *cries in 13 hours just to reach Singapore for the next flight*

[durianhead]

the rise of approximately 12min long wendover productions videos

[JustAnotherGamer]

Wendover Productions and Aviation. YouTube’s best love story

[moumous]

“Until north became south”... that’s the start of an epic adventure

[tripel]

Imagine being on a plane for 19 hours with your destination being Newark...

[jerrygundecker]

Do you know what happens to your luggage once you check it in at the desk?
Neither does British Airways.

[prestonage]

2021 update: Quantas does run the non-stop Sydney-London flight and it's flight time is an estimated 23 hours and 20 minutes.

[virtualpedestrian]

You: Sitting for 20 hour without moving
Blood clot: *it's free real estate*

[andersonklein]

"Some question whether trouble times are ahead for the industry"
Yup, isn't it a mad world how you can plan years in advanced, down to the dollar of your fuel cost, and then 2020 happens.

[GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

"Because people are more sensitive to time than boxes."


*Amazon Prime has entered the chat*

[DLoza]

This feels like a documentary from a long forgotten past of what could've been.

[bruh]

2015: cheap oil
2019: cheap oil
*coronavirus has entered the chat*
2020: cheap as a barbie doll that has been tortured

[moptim]

This would be horror in economy class.. Just imagine flying this in business class though, I know I would be drunk out of my mind at touchdown

[kerbonaut]

>uses fuel to carry fuel
The burden of the Rocket Equation

[theCodyReeder]

Ah straight lines indicating travel over a curved surface. I wonder how long before some flat earther uses this as evidence the earth is actually flat.

[thejesuschrist]

I'd rather sit in economy class for 20 hours, than a donkey for 20 minutes.

[rationalpi]

I love how this channel always lists the references unlike many other channels, they make up a lot of facts

[aaronworsnop]

7:46 I’m glad you said Kiwi not New Zealandian