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Blog Entry# 4654858
Posted: Jun 21 2020 (20:09)

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**12 of the longest flight routes in the world**
1.Emirates flies 8,324 miles from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Los Angeles, California, in 16 hours and 17 minutes.
2.Delta's 8,434-mile flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Johannesburg, South Africa, lasts approximately 16 hours and 50 minutes.
3.United and Singapore Airlines teamed up in 2016 to offer direct flights from San Francisco, California, to
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Singapore, covering 8,447 miles in 15 hours and 30 minutes.
4.Philippine Airlines flies 8,520 miles between Manila and New York's JFK Airport in 16 hours and 35 minutes.
5.Qantas' nonstop, 8,578-mile flight from Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, to Sydney takes around 17 hours and 10 minutes.
6.United flies from Houston, Texas, to Sydney in 17 hours and 30 minutes — a distance of 8,596 miles.
7.Singapore Airlines' flight from Singapore to Los Angeles lasts around 17 hours and 50 minutes and spans 8,770 miles.
8.Emirates flies 8,820 miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in around 17 hours and 10 minutes.
9.Qantas' route from Perth, Australia, to London stretches 9,009 miles and lasts around 17 hours and 25 minutes.
10.Qatar Airways flies from Auckland, New Zealand, to Doha, Qatar, in around 17 hours and 50 minutes and covers 9,032 miles.
11.Singapore Airlines' direct flight from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, is currently the longest flight in the world, lasting around 18 hours and 30 minutes and traveling 9,534 miles.
12.Qantas is testing nonstop flights between New York and Sydney and London and Sydney, but they're not commercially available yet. _ If Qantas' Project Sunrise flights become available to the public, they'll be the longest nonstop commercial flights in the world. Business Insider's David Slotnick was on a test flight between New York and Sydney that lasted 19 hours and 16 minutes and covered around 9,900 miles.
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Mapping the Flights
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Water Salute - Touching Airport Tradition
The water salute is a touching airport tradition to honor military veterans, foreign dignitaries and new airline service. Salutes typically involve two firefighting rigs spraying arcs of water over an arriving or departing flight. It is a sign of respect, honour and gratitude. Each water cannon salute, which lasts about two minutes, can use as much as 3,000 gallons of water, so it does involve airport fire department resources.
A water salute consists on placing an even number of ARFF vehicles, namely crash tenders with powerful water
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cannons, on each side of a taxiway, pumping water to create a high arch. It can also be performed by three vehicles forming a triangle, with their water cannons’ stream meeting at the
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Here are the main reasons for giving a water salute:
*For a new airline company operating out of the airport for the first time;
*For a new airplane operating commercially for the first time;
*If the Captain of the airplane or an ATC member is retiring;
*If the airline is closing down the route and its the last flight of that airline from that particular airport.
No one knows exactly when and where did water salutes in airports start. It is well known, though, that back to the days of the ocean liners it was common for fireboats and tugsto spray them with their water cannons when they were leaving or entering a port. So, water salute is not unique to airplanes alone and it is also given for ships as well. The idea must have come from there. Water salutes began being a common practice in the 1990s, when Salt Like City International Airport started saluting retiring Delta Air Lines pilots by creating a water arch beneath which the aircraft would pass.

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