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0 pointsbobthepanda3y ago0 comments

Boom unfortunately does not have the range to make it transpacific nonstop either. Which is kind of a shame because 10+ hour Asia-NA flights would be a great nut to crack in terms of halving travel times.

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ghaff3y ago· 2 in thread

Yeah, even with lie-flat seating pods, transpacific is just a long time to be sitting, however comfortably.

kolinko3y ago

How long is it?

I flew business multiple times, Frankfurt-SF (~14h), and it's a breeze if you can lie down and sleep. Not even boring. Jet lag is way worse than the flight itself.

bobthepandaOP3y ago

JFK - HKG is 17h30. Even SFO to HKG is 12h30, and those are two cities on the coast in a middle position. (I'd rather pick Shanghai as a comparison but there are no direct flights at this time due to zero COVID so the info is hard to get.)

The longest scheduled flight right now is probably SIN to JFK at 18h30m. Qantas wants to do a 20h JFK-SYD route.

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