Record Smashing: What Is The Longest Airbus A380 Flight?

The Airbus A380 is the largest commercial passenger aircraft ever built. While the jet is designed for long-haul operations, it’s not as well known for its range when compared to efficient twinjets like the Boeing 787-8, Boeing 777-200LR, and Airbus A350-900ULR. Despite this, the aircraft type still manages to connect some impressive city pairs- even now when travel demand is relatively weak. In this video, let’s look at the Airbus A380’s longest flights.

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[michaeldorrian]

My wife and I flew to New Zealand back in 2018. We flew with Emirates from Glasgow to Dubai. Then a short layover, then onto Auckland, 16 hours later we were in Auckland. We flew for a total of 24 hrs, but it was all worth it.

[flyingdutchman]

I actually took the Emirates A380 from Dubai to Auckland. Back then, I didnt even realize that it was the longest service with that type. It was an awesome experience!

Good old times before Covid :((

[jsaldanha]

DXB-LAX-DXB July 2016. Best flight ever.

[bharathb]

Munich- Sanfransisco LH 458 96A upperdeck

[Gofindjp]

2016, SYD TO DXB on Emirates A380, 15hrs 30mins due to strong headwinds.

[johnmarkmallare]

unrelated: Why do Airlines in the Philippines Choose Airbus Family aircrafts... specially narrow body?

as long as the 380 operators are still alive there is a hope for innovation for the 380 as its well-known glory and title

[tripleseven]

I can't imagine anything above 10hrs. The longest I've flown was 8:30hrs and I was already going insane and I'm supposed to be an aviation enthusiast

[AnotherPointOfView]

I have done the 380 from London-->Dubai-->Perth many times. Not sure about the distances, but Dubai-->Perth is quite long.

[paulo.]

CDG to LAX in 11 hours and 40 minutes on Air France. Flew premium economy bulkhead. Wonderful flight and extremely quiet. The walls of the A380 seems to be about a foot wide. Air France left the galley open for passengers to help ourselves to various snacks.

[ariainlondon]

4:03 The longest A380 service I have flown on (by distance and flight time) is Singapore Airlines A380 from Changi to London Heathrow covering a distance of 6, 769 miles in 13 hours and 35 minutes.

[theharper]

The longest A380 flight I've done was Kuala Lumpur to Heathrow. I paid a mere $30 for an exit row seat with metres of leg room. :)

[mattym]

LHR BKK for me. Upstairs in Thai F for about 12 hours. Probably the best flight I’ve had.

[geoffreyhansen]

My longest was Heathrow to Singapore in 2019.

[NeonSamurai]

I've flown the A380 with BA from LHR-HKG. It was 11 hours 5 minutes. The cabin was extremely quiet, you could hardly hear the engines if you tried, despite being in economy, I went to sleep east of St Petersburg and woke up over Mongolia. One of the most comfortable flights I've had.

[tomsiddall]

The longest I’ve done was Seoul to Dubai at just over 10 hours. Then a further 8 hours from Dubai to Manchester, landing at 11am on Christmas Day 🎅

[robbyfn]

Every year I do Auckland-Dubai-Athens and back. Flown that route every year since 2018 even in 2020 and this year.

[hanj]

I only flew one a380 flight ICN to LAX Asiana on my way back from Korea seeing my parents and grandparents. Oh yeah I had a whole middle row of 4 to my self on the upper deck.

[adi_faizkha]

I've never flown an A380 before because my country cant handle that jumbo jet .-.

[suserman]

It wasn't really a "global health crisis ".
It was more like "trying to act like a hero by imposing ineffective restrictions ".

[haaasful]

I have done Qatar Hamad International airport to Melbourne something like 12 plus hours.