Global Airlines Are Aiming Higher for Flights That Are Ultra-Longer

If you get on one of these ultra long flights, you could have the chance to see two sunrises.

The enclosed first class suite aboard the A350, the ultra-long-range Airbus that will fly between Sydney and London beginning in 2025, will have 50 percent more suite space than the A380 and features a 22-inch wide reclining armchair and 80-inch long flat bed. Qantas/TNS

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service

Scoot over, Singapore Airlines, there will soon be a new sheriff in town, er, in the sky, as competition for the world’s longest nonstop flight is winging its way forward. The world is about to become smaller, its farthest-flung corners closer than ever before, and it happens all in one long, long, long flight.