20 Hour Flight

The Nigerian team were held at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 20 hours after their chartered flight landed Sunday.

A passenger of an Air India flight alleged some people fainted inside the aircraft, which had no air-conditioning, after a delay of over eight hours.

I've just endured the world's newest longest flight, a 16,200 kilometer (10,100 mile), nonstop ultra-marathon from New York to Sydney. It took about 19 and a half hours, and was almost as demanding as that sounds.

Qantas Airways Ltd. will ditch the traditional in-flight service routine for this weekend's marathon nonstop trip from New York to Sydney.

Cyclone Fani hit West Bengal early this morning by crossing Kharagpur and is likely to continue further in North-East direction with the wind speed of 90 km/hour, reports news agency ANI. At least eight people have died so far and on Friday, large areas in the temple town of Puri and other places were submerged as heavy rain battered the coast, acc...

The goal of a non-stop flight from Sydney to London -- half the way around the planet -- took a leap forward as the world's top planemakers convinced Qantas Airways they can make the 20-hour route a reality.

Singapore Airlines is set to launch the world's first non-stop flight with almost 20 hours in the air, by the end of this year, the media reported on Thursday.

The charter has also proposed abolishing penalties on ticket modifications done within 24 hours of booking.

The number of ultra-long haul flights (12,964 kilometres) has nearly tripled to 19 over the last decade

Flights have resumed in Chennai and power has been restored in the city, which is picking itself up on Tuesday after Cyclone Vardah battered the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday, killing 10 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes. The cyclone has weakened after crossing land, but the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next 12 hours and sc...

An amount of Rs 10,000 or booked one-way basic fare plus airline fuel charge, whichever is less, will be the compensation for flights having a block time of more than two hours, according to the new compensation norms.

Russia's Air Force made over 20 flights in Syria in the past 24 hours and targeted nine Islamic State objects, Russian news agencies cited a Defence Ministry official as saying today.

The whole trip from Japan to Hawaii took four days and 22 hours, with the Swiss aviator taking catnaps of only 20 minutes at a time.

For the United States football team, their overnight flight was not as tiring as their journey from the airport to their team hotel which took about 2 hours, 20 minutes.

Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi remained suspended for over an hour after the city witnessed the first dense fog of this winters today.

The Nigerian team were held at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 20 hours after their chartered flight landed Sunday.

A passenger of an Air India flight alleged some people fainted inside the aircraft, which had no air-conditioning, after a delay of over eight hours.

I've just endured the world's newest longest flight, a 16,200 kilometer (10,100 mile), nonstop ultra-marathon from New York to Sydney. It took about 19 and a half hours, and was almost as demanding as that sounds.

Qantas Airways Ltd. will ditch the traditional in-flight service routine for this weekend's marathon nonstop trip from New York to Sydney.

Cyclone Fani hit West Bengal early this morning by crossing Kharagpur and is likely to continue further in North-East direction with the wind speed of 90 km/hour, reports news agency ANI. At least eight people have died so far and on Friday, large areas in the temple town of Puri and other places were submerged as heavy rain battered the coast, acc...

The goal of a non-stop flight from Sydney to London -- half the way around the planet -- took a leap forward as the world's top planemakers convinced Qantas Airways they can make the 20-hour route a reality.

Singapore Airlines is set to launch the world's first non-stop flight with almost 20 hours in the air, by the end of this year, the media reported on Thursday.

The charter has also proposed abolishing penalties on ticket modifications done within 24 hours of booking.

The number of ultra-long haul flights (12,964 kilometres) has nearly tripled to 19 over the last decade

Flights have resumed in Chennai and power has been restored in the city, which is picking itself up on Tuesday after Cyclone Vardah battered the Tamil Nadu coast on Monday, killing 10 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes. The cyclone has weakened after crossing land, but the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next 12 hours and sc...

An amount of Rs 10,000 or booked one-way basic fare plus airline fuel charge, whichever is less, will be the compensation for flights having a block time of more than two hours, according to the new compensation norms.

Russia's Air Force made over 20 flights in Syria in the past 24 hours and targeted nine Islamic State objects, Russian news agencies cited a Defence Ministry official as saying today.

The whole trip from Japan to Hawaii took four days and 22 hours, with the Swiss aviator taking catnaps of only 20 minutes at a time.

For the United States football team, their overnight flight was not as tiring as their journey from the airport to their team hotel which took about 2 hours, 20 minutes.

Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi remained suspended for over an hour after the city witnessed the first dense fog of this winters today.