Fiji Sun

New record non-stop flight from Tahiti to France

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Papeete: The airline French Bee has announced a new distance world record with a Tahiti to Paris non-stop flight.

Its Airbus A350-900 took 16 hours and 49 minutes to cover 16,129 kilometres between Papeete and Paris. It beat the record set by Air Tahiti Nui in March when its Boeing 787 flew 15,715 kilometres between the two points.

In both cases, the planes had carried freight from France to Tahiti and stopped in Guadeloupe for refuelling.

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