singapore airlines A345 took-off today...leaving its first
flight non-stop to LA with its 1st batch of passengers. Flight
SQ20, which departed from Singapore Changi Airport at 1600hrs and
is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles at 1600hrs local time the
same day, will set a new record for the worlds longest non-stop
commercial flight.
It will begin its return flight at 2000hrs local time, also on the
same day, and is scheduled to land in Singapore, after 18½ hours of
flying, at 0640hrs, two days later.
