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Mr. Luddite

On 1/29/2014 4:55 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:49:13 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Hawaii is terrific. The flight is interminable.

That is what keeps us from going to New Zealand.
I would go if they could "beam" me there but 18 hours on a plane is
too much for me, even in 1st class..

A Chinese carrier recently received approval for non-stop flights from
Boston to Beijing. Can't imagine that.

I flew to Shanghai from Boston with a fuel stop in Seattle and Tokyo
Japan. It was snowing in Tokyo and our departure for Shanghai was
delayed for hours while all the departing planes were de-iced. Longest
flight I ever took. Total travel time was something like 36-38 hours.