The longest nonstop boeing 777-200LR flights last up to 18 hours
Air India’s Boeing 777-200LR operates one of the world’s longest nonstop flights—Bengaluru to San Francisco—in up to 18+ hours. Detours due to airspace bans affected routes briefly, but nonstop service resumed from June to December
To date, five-passenger variants of the Boeing 777 are still used: 200, 200ER, 200LR, 300, and 300ER. Precisely, the 777-8 and 777-9 coming in the queue-entered service in 2006 with Pakistan International continues till date. Apart from this, Air Canada, Air India, Emirates, Ethiopian, Qatar Airways, and Turkmenistan Airlines also get on regular passenger configuration, while Iraqi Airways is the sole example for Arizona.
The 200LR’s maximum theoretical range is 8,555 nautical miles (15,843 km). However, other aircraft, such as the Airbus A340-500, which it supplemented, have a very high maximum take-off weight to enable the ultra-long nonstop routes for which it was designed. The trade of passengers with a payload for fuel capacity and economic performance reduction partly makes it unpopular.
The longest nonstop 200LR flight across the globe starts from June to December
So far, the chock-on-to-chock-off included taxi time at both airports within flight time and period for short delays. This overall reflects slot possession at slot-controlled airports. Such resulted in a difference compared to distance.
So far, up to 18h 00, Air India between Bengaluru and San Francisco measures within. It’s the world’s fourth-largest nonstop airport pair. The maximum block will be into the queue of returns on Oct 27th; that was shortly after Northern, including Air India.
Air India's flights currently stop in kolkata back to Bengaluru
The mass shooting in Kashmir in April month—led to many consequences, including Pak temporarily prohibiting Indian airlines from overflying its country. Meanwhile, the ban is due to end on May 23rd. Such a ban meant that many long-haul operated flights by Indian carriers had to detour. Thus adding fuel burn and, in some cases, over-tech stops, higher costs, greater emission reasons, and complications.
World’s largest 200LR Route—from Bengaluru to San Franscico-temporarily affected. The late April and early May ensure flights from San Francisco with a stoppage in Vienna to refuel—replaced by Kolkata in mid-May. Meanwhile, the ban was extended but won’t be affecting the June to December period examined.
Fortunately, some flights have operated nonstop to Bengaluru—perhaps on favorable winds or lower loads—making onboard feasible. On May 5, for example, AI176 took 18h 25m to fly nonstop back to Bengaluru. To avoid Pakistani airspace, it flew over Central Asia and Iran and entered India south of Mumbai.