The World’s New Longest Nonstop Flight Is 19 Hours 20 Minutes

As hard as it might be to believe it, Singapore Airlines has lost the crown as the operator of the world’s longest nonstop passenger flight. In its place is the little-discussed Chinese carrier Xiamen Air, whose service from New York JFK back to Fuzhou is blocked at 19h 20m. While this is not a new route (it operated between 2017 and 2020 and returned in 2024), it seems to be the first time the block time has been that high.