If you want to spend 18 hours bonding with your flight simulator(and your chair)...Singapore Airlines will break its own record for the world's longest distance commercial flight with non-stop service from Singapore to Newark beginning June 28. The new flight tops the carrier's existing record by 1,000 miles, which was set Feb. 3 when it began non-stop services between Singapore and Los Angeles. Singapore will operate the 9,000 nautical-mile route with A340-500 aircraft. The flight will take about 18 hours in each direction.

all that with a 17.5" seat pitch...unbelievable!

>all that with a 17.5" seat pitch...Yikes! Glad I won't be taking that flight anytime soon.

Dang, I go from SFO to Singapore in Singapore Airlines sometimes, but via Seoul outbound / Hong Kong inbound, and that's long enough. I also go Raffles Class not coach, but I thought SA had a fairly good pitch even in Coach.Richard

From SIA's Website...Singapore's A340-500 LeaderShip... "The world

Sounds nice! They don't have the 340-500 on SFO/SIN yet, and the 47's they use haven't yet been upgraded to the lie-flat seats in Raffles, but they're still excellent. They also provide, IMHO, the finest in-flight food anywhere.Richard

Wow, that's a long flight. I did LAX to Auckland New Zealand non-stop.. Just under 16 hours, and was NOT fun. Just about as long as you handle flying, then you have 4 more hours to go.