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MIAMI – The new generation of Airbus A321LR aircraft started off the new year with some fancy flying by Azores Airlines (S4). There airline’s craft completed a record nine-hour, 49-minute flight between Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport in Portugal (LIS) and Bogotá El Dorado International Airport (BOG) in Colombia.
That flight entered the record books as the longest flight duration operated by the an A321LR in commercial operation. The return flight from Bogotá to Lisbon took 9 hours and 20 minutes, thus becoming the second-longest such flight.
On Friday, the airline confirmed the record with a Twitter message that said,“SATA Azores Airlines is happy to confirm that it has performed the longest flight duration ever recorded in the Airbus A321LR Neo fleet! A 09H49M direct flight between Lisbon and Bogotá. This achievement proved how versatile and efficient can be the airline’s new aircraft.”