World's longest flight from Qatar arrives in New Zealand

The world's longest commercial flight, from Qatar to New Zealand, landed for the first time at Auckland International Airport on Monday February 6th after spending 16 hours and 20 minutes on air.

"We've officially landed in New Zealand, the 'Land of the Long White Cloud,'" Qatar Airways tweeted on Monday.

According to the Airline, the flight from Doha arrived in Auckland after passing over 10 time zones, five countries and covered a distance of 14,535 kilometres.

The airline also stated that the flight is operated by four pilots and 15 cabin crew who serve around 1,100 cups of tea and coffee, 2000 cold drinks and 1036 meals during the flight.

The Boeing 777-200LR received the traditional welcome for inaugural flights with a water cannon shower by the airport's fire and rescue teams.