Very Long Haul The world's longest non-stop flight will relaunch today: Singapore Airlines' Singapore-to-Newark route, which takes just under 19 hours. Qantas launched a 17.5-hour service between Auckland, New Zealand, and Doha, Qatar, earlier this year. Singapore Airlines is using an Airbus 1350-900 ULR (ultra-long-range) for its flight to Newark; this craft uses less fuel than the A340-500 that used to fly the route, before the route was cancelled for being too expensive. BBC
How many pilots are required for such a flight? I assume they do it in shifts, there's no way just one team stays in control the whole time, even with the autopilot to aid them.