Singapore Airlines announced the closure of the world's longest air route connecting Singapore with New York.

The length of this flight is 16, 7 thousand kilometers, and the flight duration is eighteen and a half hours. The main reason for the termination of flights Singapore Airlines calls the unprofitableness of the direction: the route uses the Airbus A340 of a special modification, which includes only a business class for 100 passengers. As a result of reduced demand, the airline is forced to send half-empty airplanes, while the maintenance of the flight costs an astronomical amount.

The last direct flight to New York by Singapore Airlines will take place on November 25. In the future passengers of the airline will have to use a transfer flight through Frankfurt, which resides in a busy John F. Kennedy airport instead of the former Newark Liberty, located 24 kilometers from the Midtown area.

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