Half a day in flight: the TOP 5 longest British Airways flights from London

By Tychyna TetianaJun 22, 2023 13:15 PMNews
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Half a day in flight: the TOP 5 longest British Airways flights from London
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Due to the United Kingdom's central location between the Western and Eastern hemispheres, British Airways' routes are not as long as other airlines. Nevertheless, experts have identified the five longest non-stop flights of this British carrier during June 2023 in terms of straight line distance.

British Airways uses two types of aircraft, with two variants of each type: Boeing 777-200ER and-300ER, as well as Boeing 787-8 and -9, writes Simple Flying.

 
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5. London Heathrow - Cape Town. Direct distance: 9648 km. Average duration of the journey: 11 hours 06 minutes. Schedule data indicates that this service is currently offered once a day on a Boeing 777-200ER. However, over the past few months, there have been a few rare occasions when a 777-300ER was used instead.

 
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4. London Gatwick - Mauritius. Direct distance: 9728 km. Average departure time: 11 hours 32 minutes. British Airways' services to Mauritius are the only pair of flights on this list that depart from London Gatwick. BA2064/2065 is currently offered three times a week. Flying east, we see Doha and Mauritius as the furthest destinations from this London airport. These flights are operated using the Boeing 777-200ER fleet based at Gatwick.

 
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3. London Heathrow - Singapore. Direct distance: 10,887 km. Average duration of the flight: 13 hours 07 minutes. British Airways' flights to Singapore make it the only pair of cities on our list served by twice-daily flights from London Heathrow.

 
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2. London Heathrow - Buenos Aires. Direct distance: 11,111 km. Average departure time: 13 hours 14 minutes. The Argentine capital is now served five times a week with a mix of 787-8s and -9s. After a long pause due to the pandemic, British Airways resumed non-stop service between London Heathrow and Buenos Aires in November 2022. The airline started operating three flights a week.

 
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1. London Heathrow - Santiago. Direct distance: 11,632 km. Average departure time: 13 hours 51 minutes. The airline operates this non-stop service four times a week, using 787-9 aircraft. Currently, the airline serves Santiago non-stop with three flights per week.

 
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