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The Dubai-based airline has announced it will begin operating the world's longest regularly scheduled nonstop flight.
总部位于迪拜的阿航宣布将开通全球最长不经停的定期航线。
Daily service between Dubai and Panama City will begin on February 1, 2016.
According to the airline, the flight will take an incredible 17 hours and 35 minutes in the westbound direction. It will traverse a distance of approximately 13,800 kilometers, according to webflyer.com.
The flight will best the current longest nonstop flight -- Qantas Airways2 service between Sydney and Dallas takes just less than 17 hours -- by 17 kilometers, according to Bloomberg, which uses the Great Circle Mapper website to calculate a distance of 13,821 kilometers.
Emirates will operate the flight with a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft and carry 256 passengers.
The aircraft can carry up to 15 tons of cargo3 and in addition to passengers will transport key imports to Panama, including pharmaceuticals4, machine products and electronics.
"New doors to the country will open with a direct connection to the Middle East -- a strong and thriving region with great synergies to both Panama and Latin America," said Panama Vice1 President, as part of the Emirates statement.
"Panama City will be our first destination gateway5 in Central America, providing a convenient option for our passengers traveling from or through our global hub in Dubai and onward6 to destinations throughout Central America, the Caribbean and the northern part of South America," according to the airline statement.
Emirates flight EK251 will depart Dubai at 8:05 a.m. and arrive in Panama City at 4:40 p.m. daily. The return flight, EK252, will leave Panama City at 10:10 p.m., arriving in Dubai at 11:55 p.m. the next day.
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