Singapore Airlines will be resuming service to New York, and in the process will be launching the world’s new longest flight (by a few miles). There’s one very surprising detail, though…

Singapore Airlines will be resuming nonstop flights between Singapore and New York as of November 9, 2020, with the following schedule:

SQ24 Singapore to New York JFK departing 2:25AM arriving 7:30AM
SQ23 New York JFK to Singapore departing 10:30PM arriving 6:10AM (+2 days)