Non-stop flight

A non-stop flight is a flight by an aircraft with no intermediate stops.

An ultra long-haul non-stop flight is a flight by a commercially operated airliner without any scheduled intermediate stop of any kind and route length using the higher end of the airliners' range. These flights usually follow a great circle route, often passing over polar regions.

Ultra long-haul

History

From 1943 to 1945 Qantas operated a weekly Consolidated PBY Catalina 5,650-kilometre (3,050 nmi) return flight from Western Australia to then Ceylon with average flight times of 27 h, the Double Sunrise service. On 1–2 October 1957 a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1649 Starliner flew the inaugural 8,640-kilometre (4,670 nmi) London–San Francisco polar route in 23 h 19 min. The L-1649A was the last of the Constellation series, and the ultimate piston-engine airliner in terms of range and endurance.

In June 1961 El Al established a new record for the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight at 9,270 kilometres (5,010 nmi) from New York to Tel Aviv with a Boeing 707 flown in 9 hours 33 minutes, after trying a Bristol Britannia in December 1957. In August 1967, Aerolineas Argentinas established their non-stop Boeing 707 service on 10,062 kilometres (5,433 nmi) between Madrid and Buenos Aires with a flight time of 12 h.

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How to choose the right airline for a long-haul flight

The Oregonian 01 Apr 2025
The flight between Doha, Qatar, and Auckland, New Zealand, is one of the longest in the world — a seemingly never-ending journey that crosses 10 time zones in 16 hours ... It was a nonstop flight on a new Airbus A350-1000.
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Spirit Airlines set to launch new routes from Bradley International Airport

TravelDailyNews 31 Mar 2025
The new flights will operate on Spirit’s Airbus aircraft as follows ... “The nonstop flights to Detroit and Nashville will offer travelers greater convenience as Spirit strengthens its footprint in our region.”.
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American Airlines is springing into next winter with new routes to warm weather getaways

TravelDailyNews 31 Mar 2025
American’s flights from DFW and ORD to Hawaii will offer customers nonstop access and premium cabins featuring lie-flat seats and more than 1,500 pieces of complimentary entertainment content on board.
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Simple Flying 31 Mar 2025
... passenger traffic at the airport and around three of every four flights.
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Once-isolated Albania hopes for Israeli tourist boom with launch of El Al direct flights

Sun Sentinel 31 Mar 2025
El Al has launched direct, nonstop flights between Tel Aviv and Tirana through its low-cost subsidiary, Sundor ... With major airlines scrapping flights, getting to and from Israel has become costly.
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Denver Post 31 Mar 2025
Colorado’s old train stations reborn as focal points for future New nonstop flights from DIA to Utah start next week How to regain RTD riders? Transit advocates push $4.2 billion plan to run ...
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PAL posts $51.M net income in 2024

Sun Star 30 Mar 2025
... carried 15.6 million passengers in 2024, up six percent from the prior year, operating 110,867 flights. Key expansions included the launch of nonstop Manila-Seattle flights, PAL’s first new U.S.
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Southwest adds seasonal nonstop route from Omaha's Eppley Airfield

Lincoln Journal Star 30 Mar 2025
Southwest Airlines will offer seasonal nonstop flights from Omaha's Eppley Airfield to San Diego beginning in November, the airport announced Friday ... .
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We planned to use our long layover to explore a new city. It completely backfired, ...

Business Insider 30 Mar 2025
Unfortunately, in a few hours, we'd basically spent the amount of money we'd saved by booking a flight with layovers instead of a nonstop one.
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Spirit Airlines added 2 nonstop flights to Bradley this week. Here's where you can fly

The Bulletin 29 Mar 2025
“The nonstop flights to Detroit and Nashville will offer travelers greater convenience as Spirit strengthens its footprint in our region,” said Michael W ... In February, Frontier Airlines added nonstop flights between Bradley and Miami.
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See the history of Qantas' famous 'kangaroo route' from Australia to England that once took ...

Business Insider 29 Mar 2025
What was once a 12-day and up-to-31-stop route is set to become a 21-hour nonstop journey by 2027 ... The nonstop Ceylon flight across the Indian Ocean lasted up to 33 hours and is still the longest commercial flight in history by time.
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Texas' first Waldorf Astoria debuts in Austin's top 5 stories

Culture Map 29 Mar 2025
Austin lands new low-cost, nonstop flights to California hotspot. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is gaining more nonstop service to a vacation hotspot in Southern California.
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Where is Stark County headed for spring break? See Akron-Canton airport's top destinations

The Alliance Review 29 Mar 2025
Dalpiaz said destinations vary based on the type of flight, with nonstop flights being more popular for destinations where the airport has connecting hubs, like Charleston and Chicago.
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This Airline Operates The 3 Longest Boeing 767 Routes

Simple Flying 29 Mar 2025
... its 767-300ERs accounting for the world's three longest nonstop 767 flights scheduled for March.
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New nonstop flights from DIA to Utah start next week

Denver Post 28 Mar 2025
Travelers in Colorado trying to reach Utah from Denver International Airport will find a new option starting next week with the launch of Contour Airlines nonstop flights to Moab and Vernal, airport officials confirmed Thursday.
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