Skift Take
The two routes to Singapore were on out-dated, gas-guzzling aircraft, not to mention that any 17-hour flight will have flyers begging for a stopover even before they get to Changi.
The world's longest commercial flight — Singapore to Newark, N.J. — is being cancelled.
Singapore Airlines announced Wednesday that it will end its nonstop flight between Singapore and Newark, a distance of about 9,500 miles. A slightly shorter route between Singapore and Los Angeles will also end. The two routes were flown on gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s.
The airline found the only way to make the routes profitable was
