New Zealand's flagship airline said Wednesday it has started selling tickets for direct flights to and from New York, a new route that will take more than 17 hours southbound and be among the longest nonstop flights in the world.
a new route that will take more than 17 hours southbound and be among the longest nonstop flights in the world.John F. Kennedy International AirportFor two years, the South Pacific nation imposed some of the world's toughest border restrictions. But the government announced earlier this month that it would reopen to tourists from the U.S. and many other countries by May 1 as the pandemic threat receded.
"I think there's a bunch of people on the east coast of America who are going to love the opportunity to come here direct," he said. "You've gone through a pretty tough couple of years in the U.S. and here's a brand new destination," he said. "You turn up at JFK, you catch the plane at 9 o'clock at night and you land at 8 o'clock in the morning in New Zealand."
The Mayo Clinic lists long periods of uninterrupted sitting, including on flights, as a risk factor for developing deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, that usually occur in people's legs.A Business Insider reporter who was a passenger on a 19-hour plane flight talks about the experience.Scientists and medical experts monitored sleep patterns, food and beverage consumption, lighting, physical movement and inflight entertainment to assess the impact on health, wellbeing, and body clock.
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