The World's Longest Scheduled Flight Routes (by great circle distance)

The world's longest scheduled flight route is currently held by Qatar Airways linking Auckland and Doha. Auckland is also a terminus to the world's second longest existing route, a direct connection to Dubai flown by Emirates. This, however, will be surpassed by Qantas in March 2018 with a direct connection between Perth and London.

Note that these distances are based on the actual distances between two cities, and not necessarily the total distance flown. For instance, Air India flights from Delhi to San Francisco often fly over 14,500km to take advantage of favourable tailwinds while the direct distance between the two cities is only about 12,400km.

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Longest Scheduled Flight Routes (announced start date)

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