Why Don’t Any US Airlines Fly The World’s Longest Flight?

The United States is the destination or departure point for thirteen of the world’s top twenty longest routes. Yet US-based airlines only operate on four of these routes and none of the world’s top ten longest routes. These ultra-long-haul routes are very niche, and there are only a few 9,000+ nautical mile routes that would make economic sense to operate.

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