Sleep well all you IT workers in San Fran and Sackatomatoes. Now instead of having 2 days to clear out your cubicles, you’ll have 18 hours.
Shouldn’t IT types be using i’net video conferencing?
Yeah but think of what it would do for your frequent flier miles!
/sarc
Eighteen hours in a coach seat? They’ll need to pry people out of them.
Looking at the proposed route as shown on the map in the article, wouldn’t it be shorter to fly east, across the Pacific, instead of the other direction?
I once flew non stop from Chicago to Korea...around 15 hours. I forget the airline, but we got only one meal and one snack. I was in the middle seat, with an incontinent Korean at the window, making constant trips to the bathroom.
And in the poor decision making department...on the flight back I was hung over...or more precisely I boarded drunk and went through the hangover on the plane.
Anybody thinking of taking this flight needs to google: blood clots, pulmonary embolism and long flights.
JFK-JNB is 7969 miles, I’ve done it and it’s VERY long.
Good luck to Air India with this as even Indians avoid AI like the plague.The big question is will they be able to fill up the front of the plane.
Strapped into a 17” wide seat with the next seat leaned over you so you cannot stand up straight. No elbow room either.
I would rather be back in the cargo hold with the dogs.
I’ve done 14 hours numerous times and did 16 hours once (JFK-HKG).Doing 18 hours? No thanks...not even in First Class.