Summary
- American Airlines’ brand-new route between Dallas Fort Worth and Brisbane will become its longest-ever non-stop service.
- It will relegate Los Angeles-Sydney to the number two spot.
- Yet, United and Delta will still have longer flights.
American will begin flying between Dallas Fort Worth and Brisbane on October 27, when airlines in the Northern Hemisphere switch to winter schedules. It will use its redesigned, revamped, higher-premium, and lower-capacity Boeing 787-9s. While it will be the first time American has served the airport pair, Qantas did so until 2014 using the Boeing 747-400.
American Airlines Reveals Boeing 787 Brisbane Flights
American Airlines is set to launch daily flights between Dallas and Brisbane in October, with services running through the winter travel season.
American’s longest routes in 2024
The oneworld member is by far the world’s largest carrier in many ways, including by passengers, fleet, flights, seats for sale, available seat miles, and more. Its longest non-stop airport pairs are shown in the following table.
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Dallas-Brisbane is American’s only route to exceed 8,000 miles and is a whopping 11% longer than number two. However, it is not quite as long as United’s Houston-Sydney (8,596 miles, 13,854 km) or San Francisco-Singapore (8,446 miles, 13,593 km), or Delta’s Atlanta-Johannesburg (8,439 miles, 13,581 km). Note that this article was written on February 2, so things could change.
|
Miles (km) |
Routing |
Flights and aircraft |
|---|---|---|
|
8,303 (13,363) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Brisbane |
Daily 787-9 |
|
7,488 (12,051) |
Los Angeles-Sydney |
Daily 777-300ER |
|
7,440 (11,974) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Auckland |
Daily 787-9 (northern winter seasonal) |
|
7,351 (11,830) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Shanghai Pudong |
Daily 787-8 |
|
7,318 (11,777^) |
New York JFK-Delhi |
Daily 777-300ER |
|
6,841 (11,009) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Seoul Incheon |
Daily 787-9 |
|
6,797 (10,939) |
Philadelphia-Doha |
Daily 787-9 |
|
6,504 (10,467) |
Los Angeles-Auckland |
Daily 787-9 (northern winter seasonal |
|
6,462 (10,399) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Tokyo Haneda |
Daily 787-9 (has scheduled the occasional -8) |
|
6,427 (10,344) |
Dallas Fort Worth-Tokyo Narita |
Daily 787-8 |
|
^ Nice! |
Another route covered 8,000+ miles…
It was Dallas Fort Worth to Hong Kong, which covered 8,123 miles (13,072 km). It was served between June 2014 and early 2020 and ended, as predictable as it is, because of the pandemic. Part of the role was to feed fellow oneworld member Cathay Pacific.
The 304-seat 777-300ER, which has more seats than any other type or variant in American’s fleet, was used. It is also fantastic for freight, which would have been significant to/from Hong Kong, but for any payload restrictions on such a long service.
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According to the US Department of Transportation T-100 data, it carried just over a million passengers since its first flight. It had an average seat load factor of 84%, which was decent overall, although it should not be considered in isolation.
In 2019, flights arrived in Hong Kong at around 17:00 (the specific time varied) and left mid-afternoon the following day. While that was obviously not an efficient use of aircraft, loads and yields must surely have been sufficiently higher than they otherwise would have been. Will American return to Hong Kong?
Snapshot: A Day Of American Airlines’ Operations At Dallas Fort Worth
This breakdown illustrates the enormity of its activity.
Where else would you like American to fly? Let us know in the comment section.
