A TEAM from Emirates is now back in Dubai evaluating a mass of information gained from one of the longest flights in the airline's history. It turned a routine Airbus delivery into a full-scale technical evaluation for the launch of ultra-long-range services on air routes through Polar regions, such as Dubai/Los Angeles. The 15 hour 20 minute Polar flight, one of Emirates' longest-ever to date, covered 7 250 nautical miles, just 250 nautical miles less than a typical Dubai/Los Angeles service. Today's crew duty and rest regulations were never designed for the ultra long-range missions that the A340-500 will be capable of undertaking. So the recent flight, carrying four flight crew instead of the usual two, will provide feedback that ultimately will help develop suitable new regulations.
Emirates undertakes marathon evaluation journey
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