{"id":340306,"date":"2025-12-31T11:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T01:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-worlds-long-haul-routes-increasingly-flown-narrowbodies\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T01:01:19","slug":"why-the-worlds-long-haul-routes-are-increasingly-being-flown-by-narrowbodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=340306","title":{"rendered":"Why The World&#8217;s Long-Haul Routes Are Increasingly Being Flown By Narrowbodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent trend in the aviation industry has been technological advancements that enable aircraft to fly longer distances directly. While this seems a natural evolution for long-haul widebody aircraft, this evolution is also happening among narrowbody aircraft. 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