Earlier this year Air Charter Service’s commercial jets team arranged an ad-hoc charter flight that covered 8,448 miles – more than a third of the circumference of the earth.
The charter was for a sports team following a tournament and was between Doha in Qatar and Monterrey in Mexico in January. The flight time on board the A350-900 was an impressive 16 hours and 23 minutes.
Matthew Purton, ACS’s Group Commercial Jets Director, commented: “The distance would place the charter in the top ten longest scheduled service routes, edging out San Francisco to Singapore by a matter of a few miles. It comfortably beat our previous record, which we only set last April. That was on a B787-9 Dreamliner, which covered 7,140 miles from Cairo in Egypt to Salt Lake City, USA.
“The passengers were served three scheduled meals on board the A350-900, but were also afforded a meal on demand service, as well as plenty of water and other soft drinks.”
The flight took off at 3:29am local Qatari time and arrived at 8:52am local Mexican time on the same day.
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About Air Charter Service
Air Charter Service is a global aircraft charter broker with 27 worldwide offices, spanning all six major continents and we offer private jet, commercial airliner and cargo aircraft charters, as well as onboard courier solutions. We arrange more than 23,000 charter flights annually with revenue of close to 700 million dollars. We were formed in 1990 by Chairman Chris Leach and CEO Justin Bowman in the basement of a house, and we now employ more than 500 staff worldwide.
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For more information, an interview or additional images please contact:
Glenn Phillips, PR & Advertising Manager
Tel: +44(0) 7799 692 629
Email: glenn.phillips@aircharterservice.com