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October 26, 2012
Longest commercial flights cancelled
NEW YORK (AP) — The world's longest commercial flight — Singapore to Newark, N.J. — is being cancelled.
Singapore Airlines announced Wednesday that it will end its nonstop flight between Singapore and Newark, a distance of about 9,500 miles. A slightly shorter route between Singapore and Los Angeles will also end. The two routes were flown on gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s.
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