Top 5: The Longest Airbus A350 Routes From The USA This Year

Out of the five routes, four are exclusively operated by Singapore Airlines.
Summary
The Airbus A350 has one ultra-long-range (ULR) version, the A350-900ULR, which can carry more fuel than the regular A350-900. The A350-1000 operates none of the routes on the list. Singapore and Philippine Airlines dominate the list. SIMPLEFLYING VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT
With Airbus and Boeing developing their flagship widebody aircraft, the A350 and 787, both manufacturers unlocked endless possibilities for their airline customers, including ultra-long-haul flights. While such itineraries have become synonymous with Qantas and its Project Sunrise adventure, there are some very long routes where the Airbus A350 enables carriers to operate flights without stopping for fuel anywhere.
Typically, long-range routes are operated by the Airbus A350-900, with the manufacturer certifying a modification of the type with additional usable fuel. According to type certificate (TC) data provided by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the basic A350-900 can have up to 110,523 kilograms (243,661.5 pounds) of fuel. At the same time, the modification of the A350-900-110211, marketed as the A350-900ULR, can carry up to 130,693 kg (288,128.7 lbs) of usable fuel onboard.
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According to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium, whose data will also be used henceforth, the longest Airbus A350-1000 flight originating in the United States is between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH). The itinerary is operated by Qatar Airways, with the distance separating the two airports being 13,359 kilometers (7,213 nautical miles) per Cirium. However, despite its long distance, it was too short to break into the list.
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5 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) – Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
Airlines serving the route: Singapore Airlines
Distance between the two airports: 7334.2 nautical miles (13,583 kilometers) Weekly one-way flights: 14
First on the list is the connection between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), an itinerary operated only by Singapore Airlines. The airline uses its Airbus A350-900 aircraft to operate SQ31/SQ32 and SQ33/SQ34 return journeys, with 14 weekly flights scheduled.
No other carrier is present on flights between SFO and SIN, which will be all too familiar with the other four routes on this list. While the weekly itineraries remain stable with 14 during 2024, during the first four months of the year, the airline has deployed fewer seats on the route.
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Between January and April, the 14 weekly one-way flights amounted to 2,898 seats since one of the daily flights Singapore Airlines has scheduled to be operated is a 161-seat A350-900, which has 67 business class and 94 premium economy seats. From May, the weekly seats on the route amount to 3,542.
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4 New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) – Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)
Airlines serving the route: Philippine Airlines
Distance between the two airports: 7397.4 nautical miles (13,700 kilometers) Weekly one-way flights: three
Another route to Southeast Asia is between New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), operated exclusively by Philippine Airlines. The two airports are separated by 7397.4 NMI (13,700 km).
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Similar to Singapore Airlines, the Philippine airline operates its flights with an Airbus A350-900, not the A350-1000, flying only three times per week during the majority of the year. In Q1 2024, the airline scheduled four weekly flights with the type.
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3 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
Airlines serving the route: Singapore Airlines
Distance between the two airports: 7,610.6 nautical miles (14,095 kilometers) Weekly one-way flights: ten
Returning to the West Coast of the US, this is another route on the list served exclusively by Singapore Airlines and its Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Unlike the SFO-SIN route, the itinerary between LAX and SIN has fewer weekly one-way seats after April.
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However, the flight’ frequency will not change, with the airline scheduling ten weekly flights on the route, which connects two cities separated by 7,610.6 NMI (14,095 km). While there are plenty of flights connecting LAX with Australia and New Zealand, SIN remains the airport’s farthest destination.
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2 Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) – Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
Airlines serving the route: Singapore Airlines
Distance between the two airports: 8241.3 nautical miles (15,263 kilometers) Weekly one-way flights: seven
Singapore Airlines also connects Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and SIN with a daily flight, which is the second-longest flight globally, competing only against the next entry into the list. Nevertheless, with such a distance and Singapore Airlines deploying its business class and premium economy class-only A350-900 on the route, the seven weekly flights amount to 17.201 million available seat kilometers (ASK).
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Previously, the route was operated by an Airbus A340-500, the longest-range variant of the A340 family. However, having discontinued the route between 2013 and 2018, Singapore Airlines again began flying between EWR and SIN until the pandemic largely halted international traffic for a few years.
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1 New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) – Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
Airlines serving the route: Singapore Airlines
Distance between the two airports: 8244 nautical miles (15,268 kilometers) Weekly one-way flights: seven
Not only is this the longest route on the Airbus A350 family aircraft that originates in the US, but this Singapore Airlines itinerary is also the longest flight in the world, beating the neighboring EWR-SIN route by several nautical miles or kilometers.
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Singapore Airlines entered the JFK-SIN market in November 2020, announcing the route a month earlier. While it was during the early days of the pandemic, at the time, the carrier said that it hoped to make the route with cargo operations as well since it was anticipating “significant cargo demand from a range of industries based in the New York metro area, including pharmaceuticals, e-commerce and technology firms.”
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