The airline "... has postponed the launch of its flight between Dubai and Panama City until March 31, 2016, in order to be able to receive all shared codes of Central and Latin America."

Tvn-2.com adds that "... According to official information, the flight will travel 13,821 kilometers in 17 hours and 35 minutes and will be longer than the route between Sydney (Australia) and Dallas (USA), flown by the Australian airline Qantas Airways, which up until now was the world's longest non stop flight."

"... The new service, which will start with a daily flight, will use a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft capable of carrying 15 tons of cargo and 266 seats."

Source: tvn-2.com

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