On October 11th, 2018, Singapore Airlines launched the new longest flights in the world, operating nonstop services between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in the New York City area to its principal hub at Singapore Changi International Airport (SIN). This new nonstop flight would take over 18 hours to complete, and it would help usher in a new era of ultra-long-haul travel. Just a few years later in November 2020, Singapore Airlines would again launch the two longest flights in the world, when it connected John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) with its Singapore hub with two slightly longer nonstop flights.