Emirates to launch world’s longest non-stop flight
Emirates will launch daily flights from Dubai to Panama City on February 1.
The new service will be the longest non-stop flight in the world – 17 hours 35 minutes in the Westbound direction.
It will also be Emirates’ first gateway destination in Central America.
The airline will operate the route with a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a three-class layout.
Emirates flight EK251 will depart Dubai at 08:05 and arrive in Panama City at 16:40.
The return flight EK252 will leave Panama City at 22:10, arriving in Dubai at 22:55 the next day.
Tickets are now on sale.
Later this year, Emirates will add four routes to its global network – Mashhad, Iran and Orlando in September, Bamako, Mali, in October, and Bologna in November.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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