The Rise of 20-Hour Long Flights

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @Wendoverproductions
    @Wendoverproductions  6 лет назад +1083

    As I mentioned at the end, I also did a video on the longest duration commercial flight in the world on my other channel, Half as Interesting--a little collaboration with myself. Check that video out here: ruclips.net/video/EDeJKQSyGXI/видео.html

    • @dnlass460
      @dnlass460 6 лет назад +11

      Wendover Productions spacex will make all these flights obsolete!!!!!!

    • @shravan2010
      @shravan2010 6 лет назад +6

      Where is Delhi to San Francisco Air India service ?

    • @emmettturner9452
      @emmettturner9452 6 лет назад +4

      June 2017 I was flying back from Thailand on Qatar Airways with a connecting flight in Doha, Qatar. This was right after several other countries closed their airspace to Qatar Airways due to allegations of Qatar’s government supporting terrorism (some say it was Russian manipulation seeding distrust). Of course, this forced our flight WAY out of the usual path and it ended up being longer than the longest commercial route that previously existed. We landed at JFK in New York as planned originally but, rather than restrict them from US airspace, they had imposed restrictions that made the flight even more difficult to bear: No laptops, phones, tablets, handheld electronics, etc were allowed on the flight. My New Nintendo 3DS XL was stolen in Thailand but my 3-month-old Nintendo Switch had to stay in the cargo hold. :( Luckily, their planes are posh and were well equipped for entertainment no matter what seats you have. I feel they were the best airline for this to possibly happen to from a passenger’s perspective. :)

    • @comedyman4896
      @comedyman4896 6 лет назад +7

      Should've been 'the takeoff of 20 hour-long flights'

    • @DeFlekkie
      @DeFlekkie 6 лет назад +4

      Are you planning on making a video about the evolution of air travel in regard to climate change?
      Is the industry going to take a hit because of increased concerns about emissions? And is there a technological advancement ready to answer those concerns?

  • @onemileperhour
    @onemileperhour 6 лет назад +4193

    Can't wait for non stop Newark to Newark flights

    • @Maserati7200
      @Maserati7200 6 лет назад +265

      @MosoGaming/Vlogs it's called paying $17 for waiting at a packed penn station not knowing what platform your train is on til 2 mins before the train leaves, and being trampled by the crowd fighting for a seat

    • @aylyi-huh9355
      @aylyi-huh9355 6 лет назад +21

      @@Maserati7200 +1

    • @MrMilanoLau
      @MrMilanoLau 6 лет назад +15

      A cab can do it better

    • @modrak
      @modrak 6 лет назад +32

      Maserati7200 *flashbacks intensify*

    • @malahammer
      @malahammer 6 лет назад +17

      Has to be west bound in the evening and east bound in the morning :)

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 6 лет назад +4974

    You know it's gonna be a good Wendover video if it has any mention of planes in the title.

    • @yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571
      @yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571 6 лет назад +15

      The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs woah ur here

    • @JaySliZe
      @JaySliZe 6 лет назад +5

      The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs why have I seen you in so many videos now

    • @jameswilliams1398
      @jameswilliams1398 6 лет назад +12

      The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs you mean, every video?

    • @MattPin
      @MattPin 6 лет назад +4

      lol

    • @Firebolt193
      @Firebolt193 6 лет назад +1

      Iron Armenian is slowly replacing Justin Y as being the guy in every comments section

  • @moumous87
    @moumous87 5 лет назад +497

    “Until north became south”... that’s the start of an epic adventure

    • @ppphhhoooeee
      @ppphhhoooeee 3 года назад +1

      360th like

    • @tonychan8558
      @tonychan8558 2 года назад +2

      Or a trigger for Flat-Earthers! hahahahaha

  • @durianhead
    @durianhead 6 лет назад +2594

    the rise of approximately 12min long wendover productions videos

    • @jeroenjansen2709
      @jeroenjansen2709 6 лет назад +7

      Happy to see Airbus A350 is the winner

    • @sasshole8121
      @sasshole8121 6 лет назад +10

      What? The Airbust A350 won the 12 min long Wendover Production video? @@jeroenjansen2709

    • @benjaminmcintosh857
      @benjaminmcintosh857 6 лет назад +12

      I'd watch a whole doco

    • @aandwdabest
      @aandwdabest 6 лет назад

      durianhead the rise of approximately 10 minutes long RUclips videos of any kind, in a nutshells

    • @aandwdabest
      @aandwdabest 6 лет назад +1

      Jeroen Jansen Airbus a350 won, but let’s wait and see Boeing 777X

  • @JustAnotherGamer014
    @JustAnotherGamer014 6 лет назад +381

    Wendover Productions and Aviation. RUclips’s best love story

  • @AngryGingerHorse
    @AngryGingerHorse 5 лет назад +1390

    Americans and Europeans: "I flew 12+ hours in economy once, never again!"
    Me, from NZ *cries in 13 hours just to reach Singapore for the next flight*

    • @nehaha_17
      @nehaha_17 4 года назад +20

      SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

    • @annabellem7953
      @annabellem7953 4 года назад +66

      I´m from Europe and I would love to fly longer than 12 hours, but I´m crazy for planes and love flying :D

    • @PapaphobiaPictures
      @PapaphobiaPictures 4 года назад +56

      I dont think Europeans or Americans understand the pain

    • @starchy101
      @starchy101 4 года назад +63

      Tbh I feel so sorry for new Zealanders, everything is so far for y'all

    • @johnharkin5278
      @johnharkin5278 4 года назад +5

      Ive flown LHR to AKL via Changi

  • @tripel9505
    @tripel9505 6 лет назад +3456

    Imagine being on a plane for 19 hours with your destination being Newark...

    • @FeatheryBird
      @FeatheryBird 6 лет назад +75

      RIMSHOT

    • @StaticImage
      @StaticImage 6 лет назад +13

      *HAHA*

    • @TheTinnin
      @TheTinnin 6 лет назад +27

      LOL! GREAT COMMENT

    • @james-p
      @james-p 6 лет назад +85

      I've been to Newark. I'd probably shoot myself.

    • @anthonyeaton9049
      @anthonyeaton9049 6 лет назад +40

      This is basically the modern-day, transcontinental version of Fiorello La Guardia's outburst at Newark Airport. (Look up how LaGuardia Airport came to be; it's an exceedingly New York story.) And I love it.

  • @andersonklein3587
    @andersonklein3587 4 года назад +577

    "Some question whether trouble times are ahead for the industry"
    Yup, isn't it a mad world how you can plan years in advanced, down to the dollar of your fuel cost, and then 2020 happens.

    • @Blex_040
      @Blex_040 Год назад +11

      And then, after you dealt with the difficulties of a worldwide pandemic, almost 2 years later, putin happens...

    • @aditsaini5094
      @aditsaini5094 Год назад +3

      ​@@Blex_040and then inflate

    • @EdVonPelt
      @EdVonPelt Год назад

      @@aditsaini5094 The aviaton industry is not seeing the crisis. Airbus and Boeing have years of orders backlogged.

  • @jerrygundecker743
    @jerrygundecker743 5 лет назад +1375

    Do you know what happens to your luggage once you check it in at the desk?
    Neither does British Airways.

    • @mylovesongs2429
      @mylovesongs2429 4 года назад +205

      I like what comedian Gallagher said one time. He said something like "i went to the United Airlines terminal, and said 'i want this piece of luggage to go to New York City, and this other piece of luggage to go to Denver.' The lady at the counter said 'sorry. We can't do that.' I said 'bullshit! You did it yesterday!'"

    • @RL-ue4dz
      @RL-ue4dz 4 года назад +8

      @@mylovesongs2429 hilarious 😂

    • @brazeiar9672
      @brazeiar9672 4 года назад +18

      British airways are pretty good. It's Ryanair you want to worry about.

    • @MrPijus123
      @MrPijus123 4 года назад +44

      @@brazeiar9672 Ryanair taught me just how much stuff I can fit in a carry on bag

    • @Dan-zc7ut
      @Dan-zc7ut 4 года назад +74

      MrPijus123 once Ryanair told me my bag was 0.2 kg over the limit, so I took out my lunch from my bag and ate it right there, in front of them, they promptly apologised and just told me to get on the plane because they were running late, so I didn’t, I kept on eating slowly and made the flight late by 15 minutes.

  • @virtualpedestrian3271
    @virtualpedestrian3271 5 лет назад +2549

    You: Sitting for 20 hour without moving
    Blood clot: *it's free real estate*

    • @memegod4433
      @memegod4433 5 лет назад +26

      Oh mi gawd

    • @trash_warden6190
      @trash_warden6190 5 лет назад +168

      You: sitting for 20 hours
      Blood flow: Am I a joke to you?

    • @avada0
      @avada0 5 лет назад +92

      @ThisKid
      They should put bunk beds in these flights. Same amount of people, only lying instead of sitting.

    • @adfure017
      @adfure017 5 лет назад +57

      I did the Doha - auckland quite recently and that shit feels in your legs when you finally walk off

    • @Jeremylovy
      @Jeremylovy 5 лет назад +33

      Fuck me I did Doha to O'Hare 14 1/2 hours and I was about to lose my shit. Fuck an extra 5 1/2 hours.

  • @prestonage
    @prestonage 3 года назад +163

    2021 update: Quantas does run the non-stop Sydney-London flight and it's flight time is an estimated 23 hours and 20 minutes.

    • @alexiatrani786
      @alexiatrani786 Год назад +7

      Perth to Rome also runs and is only 16 hours (considering Sydney to Dubai is 14.5) so its huge win

    • @extremelyboiledpotato
      @extremelyboiledpotato Год назад

      Qantas does not fly SYD-LHR non-stop yet, but they do fly SYD-LHR with a stop in SIN

    • @jcjamora6813
      @jcjamora6813 5 месяцев назад

      "qantas"

  • @moptim
    @moptim 5 лет назад +253

    This would be horror in economy class.. Just imagine flying this in business class though, I know I would be drunk out of my mind at touchdown

    • @bearcubdaycare
      @bearcubdaycare 3 года назад

      A colleague found one of Singapore's ultra long flights tough enough in premium economy.

    • @squeaksquawk4255
      @squeaksquawk4255 2 года назад

      @Mark Smileer Are you reffering to the Bristol Brabazon?

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Год назад

      Nah I love ultra-long economy flights

    • @Anon48657
      @Anon48657 Год назад +2

      Some of those flights don’t offer economy class

    • @marinus4309
      @marinus4309 Год назад +3

      I have flown the Doha-Auckland flight twice on economy and i can assure u it is not fun

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 6 лет назад +2004

    Ah straight lines indicating travel over a curved surface. I wonder how long before some flat earther uses this as evidence the earth is actually flat.

    • @declannewton2556
      @declannewton2556 6 лет назад +183

      You can't argue with flat earthers.
      They somehow manage to take contradictory evidence and spin it such in a way it makes them seem correct in their own minds.

    • @SpJrD
      @SpJrD 6 лет назад +24

      Cody'sLab here’s homework for you, if Australia is close to Chile, then how come no “functional” flights for this route? If you search Qantas there’s a flight. However, it’s not functional, all Australia to Chile flights MUST fly to LA and such then head to Chile, this highly support flat earth as Australia and Chile are in opposite to each other in flat earth model.

    • @InfiniteRhombus
      @InfiniteRhombus 6 лет назад +67

      they do, they also use the horizon as evidence that the earth is flat because the curvature of the earth is too great to actually see, which is also fucking stupid.

    • @naturalgamerplaynaturaly
      @naturalgamerplaynaturaly 6 лет назад +2

      super

    • @euphony5552
      @euphony5552 6 лет назад +17

      J It is proven that New Zealand is next to Australia, you can get there in an hour from Melbourne, and air New Zealand has direct flights to it. So no there are functional flights across the pacific.

  • @rationalpi6755
    @rationalpi6755 5 лет назад +34

    I love how this channel always lists the references unlike many other channels, they make up a lot of facts

  • @DLoza100
    @DLoza100 4 года назад +110

    This feels like a documentary from a long forgotten past of what could've been.

  • @XSpImmaLion
    @XSpImmaLion 6 лет назад +136

    I am just thankful that I live in a day an age when someone in brazilian middle class (me and family), could afford to fly twice so far over their lifetimes to the other side of the planet (Japan). This took a decade of savings, and both our routes had flyover stops (first one was Toronto and then via Pacific, the second was in Qatar via Atlantic), but if you think about it, just amazing that it's even possible. We're talking about almost literally, the other side of the planet. Parts of Brazil are the closest to being perfect antipodes of parts of Japan.
    Comparing to how my grandparents and grand grand parents migrated less than 100 years ago from Japan to Brazil, boarding ships that took almost a couple of months to traverse the same distance.... like 50 somethings days to less than 2 including waiting times in the flyover destinations. How the crap. In a single lifetime.
    It also seems that we're reaching peak optimization there. The interests have shifted to making flight cheaper rather than faster, so this is kind of a glorious moment to be alive in history. xD
    Man, it's mindblowing... perhaps someday in the distant future we can travel directly through tunnels bore straight through the planet, or some sort of teleportation device, but until then, I'm not exactly expecting another huge leap in prices going down and speeds going up in such a short period of time...

    • @julosx
      @julosx 6 лет назад +3

      Ironically, a Boeing 707-323C disappeared once during a cargo flight between Tokyo Narita and Rio de Janeiro, in 1979. It just vanished (Varig flight 967). Even worse, for its captain, Gilberto Araujo Da Silva, it was his second near or death in plane driving : he had his first air crash only 6 years before in another 707 that sent ad patres 134 souls.
      Of his last crash, nothing and no-one have ever been found.

    • @charlesferdinand422
      @charlesferdinand422 6 лет назад +7

      Fuck Brazil.

    • @kentokyo
      @kentokyo 6 лет назад +9

      I agree with you completely.
      The world is getting smaller but the earth is still huge.
      I hope one day, there is a non-stop flight connects Tokyo and San Paulo !

    • @kimlau4285
      @kimlau4285 6 лет назад +7

      Mean to say... but your grandparent made a bad decision to immigrant to Brazil. You will become much richer if you were born and raised in Japan. Moreover, spending a decade of saving just to travel to Japan doesn't worth it at all....

    • @LordArioh
      @LordArioh 6 лет назад

      it takes me less than a salary to fly to Japan for a month every year. especially the flight being the cheapest part. EU.

  • @bruh9600
    @bruh9600 4 года назад +315

    2015: cheap oil
    2019: cheap oil
    *coronavirus has entered the chat*
    2020: cheap as a barbie doll that has been tortured

    • @bxcsf9408
      @bxcsf9408 4 года назад +1

      yee

    • @RottingFarmsTV
      @RottingFarmsTV 4 года назад +19

      >airline buys oil
      >Businessman runs over to give them money

    • @phineas7423
      @phineas7423 4 года назад +5

      This video was oddly predictive

    • @rayyansaleh8178
      @rayyansaleh8178 3 года назад

      just been on a $40 dollar delta flight from jfk to mia 😃

    • @fortcrafterbossbehold9027
      @fortcrafterbossbehold9027 3 года назад +2

      Then 2021 with idiotic environmentalism on the loom: pricey oil

  • @GlobalWarmingSkeptic
    @GlobalWarmingSkeptic 5 лет назад +917

    "Because people are more sensitive to time than boxes."
    *Amazon Prime has entered the chat*

    • @5star976
      @5star976 5 лет назад +10

      GWS 😂😂😂

    • @giveme30dollars
      @giveme30dollars 5 лет назад +17

      Now I'm imagining boxes sitting in a passenger seat in an airplane. Thanks

    • @chrisding1976
      @chrisding1976 4 года назад

      William 💀💀💀💀

    • @elijaha773
      @elijaha773 4 года назад

      But what about FedEx overnight delivery?

    • @ppphhhoooeee
      @ppphhhoooeee 3 года назад +1

      680th like

  • @kingsofserbiangameplay1623
    @kingsofserbiangameplay1623 6 лет назад +916

    Did you say *Plane?*

    • @DomokosLajos
      @DomokosLajos 6 лет назад +8

      Airbus A380 - 1000
      25.000 Km
      1200 Passenger
      20 hours 20 minutes

    • @KnowNot_Name
      @KnowNot_Name 6 лет назад

      Whispers*
      Did someone say Houston?

    • @snay6869
      @snay6869 6 лет назад

      so?

    • @willtheprodigy3819
      @willtheprodigy3819 6 лет назад

      Remember when this comment was funny? I don't.

    • @gabe7509
      @gabe7509 5 лет назад

      WillTheProdigy sex 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rigor.m9422
    @rigor.m9422 6 лет назад +32

    Plane related wendover is what keeps me alive

  • @kerbonaut2059
    @kerbonaut2059 6 лет назад +247

    >uses fuel to carry fuel
    The burden of the Rocket Equation

    • @noonehere4332
      @noonehere4332 5 лет назад +17

      Dabbing Kerbonaut Kerbal players know that pain

    • @jazzerson7087
      @jazzerson7087 5 лет назад +5

      Hopefully laser propulsion will come into fruition soon enough on both, worry about fuel and amount of weight needed to store fuel will become a thing of the past!

    • @volka2199
      @volka2199 5 лет назад +5

      Just slap some SRBs on and you are good. No need for all these fancy calculations and SSTOs.

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 года назад +2

      At least until you go nuclear.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 4 года назад +5

      @@jazzerson7087 Laser propulsion is less than ideal inside an atmosphere, the reason for this is the same reason why you see the whole sky lit up during the day and not just a white-hot circle of intense light where the sun is. That being that the atmosphere scatters light passing through it though this is much much worse at lower altitudes where the air is thicker. This would require a much larger sail to pick up enough of the beam but this also increases the thrust needed exponentially as the sail also massively increases air drag which leads to a catch 22. Perhaps it could work with a hybrid scramjet to get the plane up high into the stratosphere before unfurling the sail so a satellite can push it but I am not sure and don't feel like doing the math right now.

  • @ej_tech
    @ej_tech 6 лет назад +196

    A fun fact about the Philippine Airlines' Manila to New York flight:
    Originally that route was served by a 777-300ER with a fuel stop at Vancouver. With the arrival of PAL's order of A350 just this September, that route can now be a completely non-stop service.

    • @spongebobtentacles5393
      @spongebobtentacles5393 6 лет назад +4

      Salamat

    • @peesinyourass
      @peesinyourass 6 лет назад

      But it thoughr that 777 have better range than a350s

    • @kazedcat
      @kazedcat 6 лет назад +7

      @@peesinyourass Well as the video explain the reason is economics. Having a stop over is cheaper. New fuel efficient planes make the economics of non stop flights work.

    • @ej_tech
      @ej_tech 6 лет назад +35

      777-300ER range: 13,650 km
      A350-900 range: 15,000 km
      MNL to JFK: 13,673 km
      and expect many Filipinos to maximize their baggage allowance with "pasalubong."

    • @leftatedsa
      @leftatedsa 6 лет назад +4

      Bravo Philippine Airlines.

  • @Eudomac99
    @Eudomac99 6 лет назад +438

    Imagine sitting next to Wendover productions on the Singapore to Newark flight.

    • @SajidKhan-sk1jj
      @SajidKhan-sk1jj 6 лет назад +2

      Ok imagine

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 6 лет назад +44

      Best 20 hours ever.

    • @victorang928
      @victorang928 6 лет назад +1

      Fast talker yeah?

    • @Robert-yf1kn
      @Robert-yf1kn 6 лет назад +7

      Imagine if you were sitting there and you had to go to the bathroom to take a shit and on the way to the bathroom you shit in your pants.

    • @joncalon190
      @joncalon190 6 лет назад +6

      @@Robert-yf1kn Can you imagine how uncomfortable you would be if you were one of those types of people who would never use a public bathroom on a 20hr flight? Like seriously, how could you hold it for more than 22+ hours? (factoring in that you can't use an airport washroom either...)

  • @alex2143
    @alex2143 5 лет назад +48

    I absolutely love the idea of Emirates etc of using a hub and spike network type of architecture in this way. A single stop isn’t all that terrible, and in order to connect one European city to all of the other cities in its network and vice versa, it only needs one additional flight.

  • @liamtahaney713
    @liamtahaney713 6 лет назад +70

    La to Sydney is the longest flight I've been on it was nuts. Can't imagine another 5 hours

    • @ellaturkiewicz333
      @ellaturkiewicz333 5 лет назад +3

      Liam Tahaney did brisbane to LA last year myself, absolutely insane

    • @vishalgiraddi5357
      @vishalgiraddi5357 5 лет назад +7

      Ask someone who did doha to Auckland....✋✋
      Went nuts sitting for 16 and half hours

    • @usa5893
      @usa5893 2 года назад

      Mine wasn’t a flight, but a drive, I drove 18 hours from Bentonville, AR and to Denver, CL.

  • @noname89636
    @noname89636 6 лет назад +30

    I like long, non-stop flights because you don't have to worry about a connecting flight being canceled or delayed. Once you are on your flight you are going to your destination and I like the peace of mind in knowing that.

    • @TheColinChapman
      @TheColinChapman 5 месяцев назад +1

      ...until the plane has to divert...... : )

  • @TheHolyEmerald
    @TheHolyEmerald 5 лет назад +55

    We need straight flights from Miami to India or at least China/Japan/Australia/somewhere in East Asia. This is the third most populated state in the USA and there's still only just 3 flights that fly directly from Miami/Ft. Lauderdale to Asia. Funny.

    • @ZK-APA
      @ZK-APA 5 лет назад +12

      The Holy Emerald the thing with USA-India flights is that since the Middle East airports are so well connected to the bulk of Indian airports that it’s more practical to fly via any middle Eastern airline than India-USA (as only delhi and Mumbai makes sense for any flight to come from USA)

    • @AJ-lh4fp
      @AJ-lh4fp 4 года назад +2

      ZK-APA true but there are already many flights directly from the US to India: San Francisco, New York (including EWR), Chicago, DC, etc. So makes sense to add a direct flight to another city or 2- one in Florida or Texas would be nice

    • @coconutboy8198
      @coconutboy8198 2 года назад

      india has a much lower demand compared to other asian countries for example singapore or china.

  • @aaronworsnop
    @aaronworsnop 6 лет назад +512

    7:46 I’m glad you said Kiwi not New Zealandian

    • @RRoxas65
      @RRoxas65 6 лет назад +12

      What? Hahaha!

    • @acchaladka
      @acchaladka 5 лет назад +10

      * New Zed-lian is cool too though.

    • @Prodigious1One
      @Prodigious1One 5 лет назад +20

      I say, "New Zealander". LOL.

    • @edsr164
      @edsr164 5 лет назад +4

      So was I

    • @jediael9906
      @jediael9906 5 лет назад +9

      I mean you're all fake so it doesn't matter

  • @ndv135
    @ndv135 6 лет назад +46

    10:55 I thought that was a picture till the guy walked out of the door.

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist 6 лет назад +934

    I'd rather sit in economy class for 20 hours, than a donkey for 20 minutes.

    • @RenTheGreat
      @RenTheGreat 6 лет назад +193

      This is a verified jesus lol

    • @sunjamin99
      @sunjamin99 6 лет назад +20

      Is your brother Satan?

    • @SGMTTAY_gg76
      @SGMTTAY_gg76 6 лет назад +19

      Sup jesus

    • @Admiral_Jezza
      @Admiral_Jezza 6 лет назад +61

      @@RenTheGreat Yep, RUclips verified that he's the actual Jesus.

    • @cowboycat88
      @cowboycat88 6 лет назад +37

      How is Jesus commenting on every video loooool the lord's power is real

  • @stevep5408
    @stevep5408 6 лет назад +77

    Anything nonstop is just a reduction is crap that can go wrong. A lot less chance of lost luggage, delays to make you miss your connecting flight, having to haul your butt through another airport, extra tickets. Just so many reasons to want to avoid hassles.

    • @Zakirbhai786
      @Zakirbhai786 6 лет назад +4

      Steve P exactly

    • @Nebs1
      @Nebs1 6 лет назад +4

      Plus the most dangerous part of flying is takeoff and then landing. Cruising is pretty safe.

  • @ptuxermann
    @ptuxermann 6 лет назад +45

    Brilliant!

  • @brunicorn
    @brunicorn 6 лет назад +359

    The rise of neck pillow sales

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 6 лет назад +240

    Boxes have feelings too!

  • @ejfour15
    @ejfour15 4 года назад +17

    Me: How many airplane and aviation videos will you make?
    Wendover: Yes

  • @juanpabloramirez1838
    @juanpabloramirez1838 6 лет назад +68

    Yay airplane productions is back.

  • @jordynchan5103
    @jordynchan5103 6 лет назад +322

    "Until north became south..." Take that, flat-earthers!

    • @boudewijnb
      @boudewijnb 6 лет назад +5

      Jess Chan this would work on that stupid flat earth model too

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 6 лет назад +33

      Flat earthers don't really care with facts, nor common sense.

    • @KD-ns1hn
      @KD-ns1hn 6 лет назад +2

      @@boudewijnb uhh how exactly?

    • @benjaminodinakaHOODKIZK
      @benjaminodinakaHOODKIZK 6 лет назад

      BoudewijnB 😂😂😂

    • @SarahScratches
      @SarahScratches 6 лет назад +13

      @@KD-ns1hn Flat-earthers believe that the arctic is in the center of a flat disk-shaped world. So flying over the arctic is no problem.
      Antarctica would be more of a problem in their view.

  • @taketimeout2share
    @taketimeout2share 5 лет назад +10

    This video has genuinely educated me. Thank you. I didn't realize that it is cheaper, fuel wise, to stop along the route beyond a certain distance.

  • @funny-video-YouTube-channel
    @funny-video-YouTube-channel 6 лет назад +168

    *Wonderful for travel, if we can afford.*
    Would be fun, if the budget flights would include a 1 day stop-over with a nice bed, instead of flying for 16-30 hours without sleep. Some very smart Chinese airlines do that for very long flights with a stopover in China. Let's see if the others will do it too.

    • @ashleymalamute
      @ashleymalamute 6 лет назад +10

      The midway point on the great circle between Sydney and London is Chongqing. There's no reason why they couldn't have a few hundred cheap rooms or sleeping pods to allow the cattle to rest between the two 10 or so hour flights.

    • @jamessteerforth6027
      @jamessteerforth6027 6 лет назад +13

      @@ashleymalamute Why not spend an extra $100 if they offer you a couple of meals and a tour on a one night stopover? I often wish I could spend a day or so in the countries I pass through. A night in Beijing, the Great Wall and Forbidden City would be a great 24 hour stopover.

    • @mimi-hu4yc
      @mimi-hu4yc 6 лет назад

      yeah they do, but I've just "done that", but checked out 5min later, because I'd rather sleep at the airport than that hotel with only chinese speaking staff and absolutely no plan when they would shuttle you back to the airport or if there's be even one at the time you need. Wasted 3h of my Shanghai overlay, never again.

    • @sampai64
      @sampai64 6 лет назад

      That would be nice 😊

    • @VineFynn
      @VineFynn 6 лет назад +2

      Doesn't sound like a budget flight.

  • @niceyolk7380
    @niceyolk7380 6 лет назад +830

    Imagine sitting in an economy seat for 20 hours.. LOL

    • @StaticImage
      @StaticImage 6 лет назад +163

      Cyanide pills aren't even included in the price

    • @dijoxx
      @dijoxx 6 лет назад +97

      It can be heaven or hell. Totally depends on the airline.

    • @JarodPlaysGames
      @JarodPlaysGames 6 лет назад +65

      Singapore Airlines only offers premium economy and up on this route

    • @MrRobcher
      @MrRobcher 6 лет назад +14

      Imagine if you are even tall and need leg space to sleep,you practically don't sleep or you take sleeping pills

    • @Tony_P
      @Tony_P 6 лет назад +74

      A380 economy is as good as it gets , generous legroom , seats are comfy and a decent entertainment system. Thats my experience on Qantas and Emirates 16 hour flights

  • @Dcc357
    @Dcc357 5 лет назад +152

    My tailbone would be the only cushion left after just 5 hours.

    • @jack_leinen
      @jack_leinen 5 лет назад +7

      Dcc357 mine would be the last cushion after an hour and a half

    • @volka2199
      @volka2199 5 лет назад +5

      I thought you wrote Taliban for a second...

    • @raahimhadi4905
      @raahimhadi4905 5 лет назад +1

      @@volka2199 bruh..

  • @raiyan3348
    @raiyan3348 6 лет назад +44

    *The only good Wendover Production Videos are the ones with planes in them* - Abraham Lincoln

  • @turbo_jake
    @turbo_jake 6 лет назад +165

    Phew I was getting worried we haven’t had a plane vid in 2 months

  • @healthdios
    @healthdios 5 лет назад +72

    We all miss Concorde: under 3 hours across the Atlantic.....that sounds so last century.

    • @wojciechmuras553
      @wojciechmuras553 3 года назад +1

      But with its range, any longer route required a ton of refueling stops.

    • @nathanoher4865
      @nathanoher4865 3 года назад

      @@wojciechmuras553 If it were not for the p*ssy US overland supersonic flight ban, much of these concerns would disappear.
      It is simply natural for an industry to evolve as it progresses. The market would demand better service and as such, technology would advance to the point that many problems are eventually solved.
      Imagine if we had companies competing for supersonic aircraft today that are efficient, clean, and comfortable. Elongated Muskrat himself has hypothesized that the US domestic market could have been far more profitable had flights of range 1000-1500 miles been replaced at least in part with supersonic flights.
      If by “last century” you mean normal, I completely agree

    • @henryzhang3961
      @henryzhang3961 3 года назад

      @@nathanoher4865 I heard an argument for the overland ban that really stuck with me; the boom will be audible to tens of thousands, but the plane only carries 100 people; it will be disrupting everyone for the benefit of the richer passengers that can afford it.
      (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_sonic_boom_tests) people apparently aren't affected much by it anyway, but there may be some property damage

    • @nathanoher4865
      @nathanoher4865 3 года назад

      @@henryzhang3961 NASA is developing technology that weakens aircraft sonic booms. These technologies could have been developed earlier had industry been allowed to progress.
      The flights Musk was referring to included cargo. Amazon is, indeed, available to and used by everyone.
      Meanwhile, the fuel inefficiency problem would have been worked on in the same way that subsonic passenger planes are becoming more efficient.

    • @compassioncampaigner728
      @compassioncampaigner728 3 года назад

      Do I recall debris on the runway was the reason for the only Concorde crash? Not the plane's fault?

  • @jarodmorris611
    @jarodmorris611 6 лет назад +25

    My flight instructor now flies for FedEx. He said people are far more concerned with getting their package to arrive on time rather than their mother in law to arrive on time

  • @karlp8484
    @karlp8484 6 лет назад +8

    I think the main reasons why very long non-stop flights are heavily subscribed is that with a two hour layover (typical) it's actually more exhausting because you have to sit or wander around in a terminal. And all the hassle of unboarding and reboarding. Not everyone has lounge access. If the flight basically has BC or PE only (like Singapore) that's a great option.

  • @thirdofthefourth8738
    @thirdofthefourth8738 4 года назад +3

    I can just sense the excitement in Wendover whenever he flies anywhere. I can imagine he'll know more than most!

  • @steeltrap3800
    @steeltrap3800 6 лет назад +32

    I live in Aus and I used Cathay for the last 3 trips to EU. Premium economy, which isn't cheap, but still much less than Qantas (which admittedly many say is one of the best PE available) and even Singapore's versions.
    I did BA once, and never again. They were dreadful.
    Unless you're going to London, Qantas really isn't the best option IMO. Even if you are, they are significantly more expensive unless you can get a special rate booking a year or more in advance.
    As for the Perth direct flight, for the vast majority of Aussies Perth itself is 5+ hours to reach, more once you add travel to the airport etc. No reason to do that flight from the East coast, and I'm surprised to see the load rate is as high as you said.
    Interesting stuff.

    • @FrozenDung
      @FrozenDung 2 года назад +1

      I am flying from London Gatwick to Auckland in August, so excited!
      Doha to Auckland sounds like a killer though as that's what I'm going on.
      BA > Doha - Qatar Airways > Auckland

  • @rayanaltowayan9558
    @rayanaltowayan9558 6 лет назад +300

    *B747 and A380 has left the chat*

  • @Delight101ful
    @Delight101ful 6 лет назад +5

    Every Wendover video about planes makes me want to hop on the next flight out of Los Angeles and see the world.

  • @Robm024
    @Robm024 6 лет назад +126

    finally another planes video

    • @joshuajoe1419
      @joshuajoe1419 6 лет назад +1

      Robert go to half as interesting
      The made a couple recently

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 6 лет назад +244

    *_Concorde wants to know your location_*

    • @roadrunner6224
      @roadrunner6224 6 лет назад +6

      _Bob McCoy probably not as many people didn’t even want to cram themselves into that tin can on regular bases for a 3 hour flight let alone 9-10 hours

    • @elopeous3285
      @elopeous3285 6 лет назад +9

      Concorde wanted to know your location

    • @SL-kz5dk
      @SL-kz5dk 6 лет назад +3

      Peter Zwegert that was for price reasons. Only the rich could afford to.

    • @brianxavier8873
      @brianxavier8873 6 лет назад +1

      Lisa Guerrero would confront that concorde

    • @roadrunner6224
      @roadrunner6224 6 лет назад +4

      SaltySteve no it wasn’t there was simply no demand for this type of plane, business travelers prefer to simply spend a night on the plane in much more luxury than to commute more than 6 hours a day in tin can.

  • @jasongravanis5171
    @jasongravanis5171 5 лет назад +1

    This is one of my favourite videos you've done. Very comprehensive and concise explanation!

  • @hazridge
    @hazridge 6 лет назад +827

    Grammar error in the title. "20 Hour-Long Flights" implies there are 20 flights that are each 1 hour long. "20-hour long flights" is what it should say.

    • @markusnl
      @markusnl 6 лет назад +86

      Or 20-Hour-Long Flights?

    • @ChromeColossus
      @ChromeColossus 6 лет назад +18

      Intentionally Left Blank, You are correct.

    • @daryx.langdale
      @daryx.langdale 6 лет назад +18

      I'd be interested in a Wendover video about that topic also.

    • @hazridge
      @hazridge 6 лет назад +10

      @@markusnl I think '20-hour-long flights' is ambiguous

    • @nichts5713
      @nichts5713 6 лет назад +13

      who cares about gramar.

  • @herrfz
    @herrfz 6 лет назад +67

    5:09 - do you mean ".. which is why airlines will price *non-stop* itineraries typically higher than *connecting* ones.." ? Otherwise I'm not sure I follow the logic...

    • @TheIBROWman
      @TheIBROWman 6 лет назад +22

      Eriza Fazli okay I’m glad someone else heard this I had to replay it 5 times I think he said it wrong

    • @RandHough
      @RandHough 6 лет назад +5

      cacabeans and either way, the structuring of this sentence is appalling

    • @bamd8770
      @bamd8770 6 лет назад +1

      I replayed it a few times and then gave up. there are two parts of this video which could have been worded better. the other one is about a minute before this one

    • @TheIBROWman
      @TheIBROWman 6 лет назад

      @@bamd8770 yes agreed. oh well the rest of the video is money

    • @ubahd00d
      @ubahd00d 6 лет назад +7

      @@bamd8770 OH damn, I feel better now, I did the EXACT same thing. The other part that fucked me up was the fuel use graph. How does fuel use start at 31lb/nm then drop to damn near 0lb/nm? That graph is confusing, along with the narrative.

  • @frans97
    @frans97 4 года назад +13

    ME: I’ve finally finished planning the itineraries for my 2020 flights.
    Virus: I’m about to end this man’s vacation.

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 6 лет назад +46

    Recently did a trip from Sydney to Istanbul, uncomfortable, but incredible feats of technology

    • @alphabet_soup123
      @alphabet_soup123 6 лет назад +7

      I think these long flights are relatively common for Australians these days. Pop a sleeping tablet and have a sleep, 20 hours feels like a deep 4 hour sleep :)

    • @burakcetav
      @burakcetav 6 лет назад +1

      There is no non-stop flight between Australie and Turkey yet so it doesnt count.

    • @vincesvv
      @vincesvv 6 лет назад +1

      @@burakcetav ewa

    • @vilitspiipol
      @vilitspiipol 6 лет назад

      @@burakcetav he didn't say that he flew straight to Istanbul

    • @burakcetav
      @burakcetav 6 лет назад

      @@vilitspiipol I know he didnt, but what he says is random as there is no such flight on that route.

  • @akhilmaverick96
    @akhilmaverick96 6 лет назад +116

    Just imagine having to sit in economy class in one of these 20 hour flights. This will definitely cause many health risks for passengers and crew members.

    • @seanviper99
      @seanviper99 6 лет назад +1

      What about 14 hour flights like from Sydney to dubai

    • @jessica87au
      @jessica87au 6 лет назад +59

      Redline600 every bloody flight out of Australia is like 14 hours.

    • @wotan20
      @wotan20 6 лет назад +27

      Well Akhil, there are two sets of crew in those flights, as well as a dedicated crew compartment, where they can lay down for a few hours between shifts, so I'm not worrying about them, particularly because they are for the most part young and fit. However passengers are a different story, and that is the point I agree with you. I would be reluctant to let board aging passengers to such a long flight, particularly on economy. The chance to develop potentially lethal or blood-clot induced heart attack, is way too high. I half-joked on another venue, that if I were an airline, I would insist on passengers passing a mandatory medical check-up over a certain age, before I'd let those on board.

    • @asteve4914
      @asteve4914 6 лет назад +8

      jessica87au - cry me a river; I live in New Zealand!! :p

    • @seanviper99
      @seanviper99 6 лет назад

      @@asteve4914 so how long is your flight out of Australia

  • @Cruelaid
    @Cruelaid 5 лет назад +126

    Can you give those 20hr flights a Doug score?

  • @franug
    @franug 6 лет назад +8

    We’re super happy about this development here in Chile. It will always take us forever to get anywhere, so being able to go to Dubai or London in one flight instead of two or three as it used to be is GREAT. I hope we get similar flights to other Asian hubs soon (Narita or HK!). I’ve been flying 12+ hours flights since a teenager so going up to 20 is not much

  • @IHATESOOMUCH
    @IHATESOOMUCH 6 лет назад +29

    2:25 The Newark to Singapore flight is actually served six times per week not daily.

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 5 лет назад +5

      So basically daily except Sundays lol

  • @timclarke105
    @timclarke105 5 лет назад +1

    First class information delivered in an articulate and interesting narrative that is easy to comprehend.

  • @MajorLazer182
    @MajorLazer182 6 лет назад +11

    Love the aviation related videos 🅱️endover!

  • @dcoulter2685
    @dcoulter2685 6 лет назад +93

    You’ve heard of Sydney to London now get ready for...
    Auckland to London!

  • @stetoomar581
    @stetoomar581 5 лет назад

    Very good job @Wendover! Your videos are super well structured and you could clearly see the amount of good work and passion you guys put in there. I'm looking forward to the next one already!

  • @whyzed250
    @whyzed250 6 лет назад +8

    Holy crap... first American ever at 10:27 to say Brisbane correctly! Cudos to you my friend and much love from Brisbane!

    • @pipsasqeak820
      @pipsasqeak820 6 лет назад +1

      Yet still cant say adelaide correctly...

    • @dugowt9243
      @dugowt9243 6 лет назад +2

      Don't get so high and mighty pipsasqeak. I gaurantee there are a ton of American town names that would baffle you.

    • @aveuch
      @aveuch 6 лет назад

      Brisbun, Melbun, Sydnuh, how do you say Adelaide?

    • @Leon1234021
      @Leon1234021 6 лет назад

      oh well, australia is irrelevant

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 6 лет назад

      Add a laid.

  • @damianmatras8568
    @damianmatras8568 6 лет назад +5

    I love Wendover Productions. Your videos are so neatly shown, and easy to visualise. Great sources of information for aero-engineers.

  • @cageordie
    @cageordie 5 лет назад +69

    20 hours of hell. Never on United. I might rather die than spend 20 hours in United Economy class.

    • @volka2199
      @volka2199 5 лет назад +4

      United Economy is literal garbage, I was using a European airline on an 8 hour flight but the new 787 was not yet in use and I believed several aircraft were being refitted so the flight was operated by United. Imagine a domestic flight on United economy and then imagine flying to Europe. While sitting on the plane you are more concerned about whether your legs will have to be amputated upon landing rather than how uncomfortable or crowded it is. The thin prop plane I flew on afterwards on a 40 minute flight was like Emirate airlines compared to the United flight.

    • @syafiqrizuan5588
      @syafiqrizuan5588 5 лет назад

      @@volka2199 Absolutely true. We already know that United flying on LAX to SIN route is half empty. Thats because economy class on ultra long haul flight is more expensive. That reason why United is rather to operate on SFO to SIN route because less payload restriction.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 5 лет назад +2

      just take some of the money you saved on economy class and get hammered or buy a few xanax. I'll sleep through an economy flight if it means saving a few hundred bucks.

    • @TheDavo10001
      @TheDavo10001 4 года назад +1

      Oh man bad memories. I bought flights from Melbourne - Sydney - San Francisco - Washington DC on United because they were a few hundred AUD cheaper than Qantas. Big mistake. Shitty old 747 from MEL-SYD had mechanical issues. So we waited. Then got to Sydney. Boarded. Let's go! Nope, mechanical issues. We sat on the tarmac for hours, with no engines running, getting ever hotter (it was summer) so by the time we departed 7 hours late, the whole plane smelt of body odour. Then it was the bad food, lack of personal entertainment (yes, in 2006, they STILL were using a projector and shared screen for movies). And of course by the time I got to SF the connections were blown. I think I arrived at Washington around 1 in the morning.
      UNITED. NEVER. AGAIN.

    • @kooljiang7186
      @kooljiang7186 4 года назад

      7:46 I’m glad you said Kiwi not New Zealandian

  • @james-p
    @james-p 6 лет назад +39

    At this point (20 hours), I think we're running into the limits of human endurance. The machines can do it, but our bodies hurt.

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 5 лет назад +6

      *The rise of luxury passenger planes*

    • @rafaelrp07
      @rafaelrp07 5 лет назад +10

      We're close to an era where you could cross the globe under a full day period but people still complaining. Our grandfathers were happy enough not dying in a world war or expecting to avoid a nuclear war back then...

    • @JoelJames2
      @JoelJames2 5 лет назад

      @@rafaelrp07 And they were approaching an age where things could be electrically powered, and they didn't have to break their backs working on a farm. Your point?

  • @jacksonholbrook7042
    @jacksonholbrook7042 6 лет назад +22

    As an Australian, the issue with the Perth to London one shot flight, is that most travelers live on the east coast, not the west coast, and more often then not you have to either fly to Perth the night before, and fly out the next morning, or fly in in the morning, and not fly out untill that night. So untill we get straight shot's from Melbourne/Sydney it's still a bad system

    • @ashleymalamute
      @ashleymalamute 6 лет назад +2

      QF9 starts in Melbourne, so you can board the flight in Melbourne and it's only a 3 hour transit in Perth.
      Qantas also connects it's other flights from the main capitals to dovetail with the Perth departure.
      The same is true coming home on Qf10

    • @Bra1nSicK
      @Bra1nSicK 6 лет назад +4

      I was thinking the same. Why would Australians choose to do one layover with 4hr and 18hr flight and just not do the layover in Doha or Dubai and make the two flights almost even 10-11hr flights

    • @alexo.1388
      @alexo.1388 6 лет назад

      @eraserhead Exactly. Connecting flights to Sydney are inefficient. It's almost as if these people think they're the center of the world.

  • @carlhuck7721
    @carlhuck7721 5 лет назад +29

    20 hours in coach? JUST SHOOT ME.

  • @bo-bx5hn
    @bo-bx5hn 6 лет назад +87

    Meanwhile it still costs $650+ to take a trip from Ontario to Alberta...

    • @MarijuanaCanada
      @MarijuanaCanada 6 лет назад +4

      Swoop airlines is getting cheap if you can travel to Hamilton.

    • @bo-bx5hn
      @bo-bx5hn 6 лет назад +2

      @@MarijuanaCanada swoop will only be cheap until it chokes out flair. Then same ol.
      I usually fly one of these two, but they're only cheap sometimes and typically have the worst flight schedules, unfortunately.

    • @JennWanderer
      @JennWanderer 6 лет назад +2

      It's often cheaper to go to a Mexican or Cuban all inclusive for a week.

    • @bo-bx5hn
      @bo-bx5hn 6 лет назад

      @@OnnSight over - regulated and oligopoly, more likely.

    • @ivanfperez56
      @ivanfperez56 6 лет назад +1

      Really!; flying a bush plane or a BEAVER???.

  • @richcharlesmond
    @richcharlesmond 6 лет назад +20

    This is crazy because I’m flying from Perth to London literally tomorrow.

    • @MsMinoula
      @MsMinoula 6 лет назад +9

      Tell us how it was.

    • @jenda386
      @jenda386 6 лет назад

      Yes, please.

    • @matthewsmith8727
      @matthewsmith8727 6 лет назад +2

      I flew to Perth from London, and hated the flight we upgraded on the way home and it was still horrible

    • @IoOLOoOfficial
      @IoOLOoOfficial 6 лет назад

      @@matthewsmith8727 Not enough sheilas on board eh Matt?

    • @matthewsmith8727
      @matthewsmith8727 6 лет назад +2

      Lian Peled rude staff horrible food just an all round miserable flight

  • @lillycham
    @lillycham 6 лет назад +21

    Omg 21hours flight time....i think I've just suffered a panic attack 😂

  • @tirthp1735
    @tirthp1735 6 лет назад +13

    Non-stop from US to North Korea would be the ultimate achievement. :)

  • @amayasnep
    @amayasnep 6 лет назад +40

    I can’t even fathom surviving a 21 hour flight in economy. A 6 hour economy flight from NY to LA is already a pain (sometimes). I might as well bite te bullet and go business class.

    • @ArchitVarun
      @ArchitVarun 6 лет назад +7

      The SIA Flight from SG to NY or LAX is only Business and Premium Economy. Premium Economy of SQ is pretty good, but I would bite the bullet too. Especially seeing that SQ Business Class is one of the best in the Industry and I wouldn't mind 18 Hours of that.

    • @jpe1
      @jpe1 6 лет назад +1

      Dunno.... I’ve flown to Sydney both economy and business and arrived at the airport at the same time 😉
      I find it a brutal, grueling flight either way. Upgrade didn’t seem worth it, but that was due in large part to Quantas business class seats sucking as bad as economy.

    • @jamessteerforth6027
      @jamessteerforth6027 6 лет назад

      The problem is the longer the flight, the bigger the cost difference between economy and business economy. If I offered you $100 a hour to sit in economy for 20 hours would you think $2000 worth the discomfort?

    • @michaelheffernan6774
      @michaelheffernan6774 6 лет назад

      Just recently flew to nyc from Melbourne and return in economy. Aussies tends to tough it out more because we are just so far away from everyone. If you’ve got the money fly business, otherwise unless someone is paying for it. It’s just not worth it.

    • @12gpm91
      @12gpm91 6 лет назад

      @@ArchitVarun, premium economy does not mean a 180° bed.

  • @compassioncampaigner728
    @compassioncampaigner728 3 года назад

    Who is this guy?
    Close your eyes and point to the list of Wendover videos.
    Doesn't matter.
    All Wendover videos are definitively riveting.
    Respect for the quality you build into each presentation.

  • @509734
    @509734 6 лет назад +58

    Australia: dangerous as hell wildlife and takes 21 hours to go anywhere else

    • @turbotroll8605
      @turbotroll8605 4 года назад

      Yep, kangaroos in the back yard and crocodiles in the streets. But the real killer in Oz is drop-bears

    • @afc9447
      @afc9447 4 года назад +1

      Nothing more dangerous than Humans.

    • @Brick-Life
      @Brick-Life 4 года назад

      not really i fly China Southern melbourne to Guangzhou every year and its only 9.30 hours

  • @jefsiv
    @jefsiv 6 лет назад +133

    How about this 6,000 miles, non-stop in-country flight?? Takes around 14 hours.
    St. Petersburg ➡️ Vladivostok

    • @JinHuangHello
      @JinHuangHello 6 лет назад +30

      And how will that cost if we drive our fuel-efficient Toyota Corolla?

    • @OninDynamics
      @OninDynamics 6 лет назад +3

      Jin Huang 2 cents

    • @valeriavagapova
      @valeriavagapova 6 лет назад +6

      @No Idol About a week, overnight train to Moscow first and then 6-7 days on another train to Vladivostok

    • @mrvwbug4423
      @mrvwbug4423 6 лет назад +5

      My step brother's Ex-wife took that flight fairly regularly. Her family live on Sakhalin, literally about as far from St. Petersburg as you can get while still being in Russia.

    • @tritran696
      @tritran696 6 лет назад +5

      Kaliningrad to Vladivostok should be an even further domestic flight.

  • @HedgehogStudios1
    @HedgehogStudios1 5 лет назад +8

    I recently did an 11-hour flight from LAX to LHR on a 747. I can't imagine going any longer than that. I guess it's not so bad if you have 10-grand for a bed.

    • @Jdm491
      @Jdm491 2 года назад

      On Lufthansa my family and I flew from Los Angeles to Munich on the A340-600 and we got 3 lie flat business seats for 1800$

  • @double4345
    @double4345 6 лет назад +59

    Here’s the plane video . We knew it was comin

  • @juanpablocano5991
    @juanpablocano5991 6 лет назад +14

    ANOTHER AIRPLANE VIDEO :D , we are blessed today. Finally . The gods of airplanes listened to our prayers.

  • @ReineDz
    @ReineDz 5 лет назад +1

    I really appreciate the work done on this video !

  • @davidliu2243
    @davidliu2243 6 лет назад +9

    The moment he said " It uses fuel to carry fuel"
    *Mind blown*

  • @checkmyplaylist6879
    @checkmyplaylist6879 6 лет назад +254

    I want to die in 20 hours. Ooo, just found a flight!

    • @mr.smortguy0-o132
      @mr.smortguy0-o132 6 лет назад +10

      Check My Playlist
      ** *Isis joined the chat **

    • @WASIURPA
      @WASIURPA 6 лет назад +1

      ISIS will blow up ur plane on touchdown

  • @RatioPlease
    @RatioPlease 8 месяцев назад

    Your videos are so engaging, i use them to fall asleep.. while listening to them i lose focus about anything else, hence i fall asleep easily.

  • @SyrianLion
    @SyrianLion 6 лет назад +9

    Hey, great video as always, just a quick suggestion, you might want to add a caption showing the name of places in your videos, for example at 11:16 if you could add a caption of which airport is shown.. thanks

    • @ricksarkar6680
      @ricksarkar6680 6 лет назад

      im not sure but I think its JFK

    • @user-nz2ep4vh5h
      @user-nz2ep4vh5h 6 лет назад

      Agree, would be nice to know!

    • @yev13
      @yev13 6 лет назад +1

      This is Newark Liberty....

  • @jrcolmena
    @jrcolmena 6 лет назад +107

    I won't take a 20 hour flight unless the plane is a Toyota Corolla!

    • @thaibinh1909
      @thaibinh1909 6 лет назад +2

      drdanger you might want to think again, sedans don’t have any space to walk, imagine 20h sitting.

    • @joshnival8529
      @joshnival8529 6 лет назад

      Wrong channel bro

    • @jackbauer5386
      @jackbauer5386 6 лет назад +2

      Every airplanes video on this channel conveniently avoid the environmental issues.

    • @l30S3UX
      @l30S3UX 6 лет назад +1

      @@jackbauer5386 Sure, let's stop people from travelling

    • @jackbauer5386
      @jackbauer5386 6 лет назад +1

      @@l30S3UX We don't have to stop people from travelling. We can just wait for this planet to become too fucked up for humans to live on. But at least we got to to do London to Australia in 20 hours, worth it.

  • @tommalfoy8539
    @tommalfoy8539 6 лет назад

    Wow the way you narrate this video is truly incredible! So easy to digest

  • @NearCry91
    @NearCry91 6 лет назад +4

    11:16 Nice shot of Newark Liberty International Airport. (Took me way too long to find out what airport it was.)

  • @cederveltman
    @cederveltman 6 лет назад +32

    You see a wendover's production video, you click on a wendover's production video

    • @CrownVic977
      @CrownVic977 6 лет назад +1

      Ceder Veltman you are a simple man I see :)

    • @tereless
      @tereless 6 лет назад

      Who cares what you do?

  • @coscorrodrift
    @coscorrodrift 6 лет назад

    yo, your videos are always dope like this but i just wanna mention how cool the graphics are, with the foot notes, the lines, the rotating globe... I don't know if it's difficult to do or if it's just two clicks but it looks amazing. And the transition with the 3 noses of budget airlines planes was really cool.

  • @kayseek1248
    @kayseek1248 5 лет назад +67

    And I thought my flight from Sydney to Vancouver was long.

    • @kayseek1248
      @kayseek1248 5 лет назад +8

      Clark Gable 14 hours is still quite a long flight I must admit.

    • @funk44
      @funk44 5 лет назад +4

      I do Melbourne to Vancouver and back once a year. It's brutal

    • @kayseek1248
      @kayseek1248 5 лет назад

      funk44 shit

  • @totrigo6834
    @totrigo6834 9 месяцев назад +9

    5:04 that's not making any sense. The logic of cause and effect there, as it's being presented, is just suggesting that it should be the other way around, and no further explanations are given. 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

  • @kickbiker7920
    @kickbiker7920 5 лет назад

    A very engrossing clip. Worth a sub on this alone. Thank you for posting!

  • @qvoorhorst
    @qvoorhorst 5 лет назад +10

    6:56 Did you knew that WoW would go bankrupt?!?! You could've earned big money with that.

  • @brianping410
    @brianping410 5 лет назад +18

    I’m looking forward to Wendover’s “Why the A380 Failed.”

  • @Kanhow
    @Kanhow 2 года назад +16

    One pandemic and one invasion later, would be interesting with an update.

  • @MrIansmitchell
    @MrIansmitchell 6 лет назад +13

    Wait, don't you mean connecting flights are priced LOWER than non-stop ones? at 5:10

    • @jiaweichen9804
      @jiaweichen9804 6 лет назад +3

      Yeah, this is quite confusing. At 5:16, it also mentions connecting cost is the reason for higher price on connecting flights.