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747-400 Flies Nonstop From Hawaii To Germany

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 26, 2020November 14, 2023 15 Comments

a white airplane on a runway

A charter flight dispatched to rescue stranded cruise passengers has returned to Europe after a long nonstop flight from Hawaii to Germany.

Norwegian Jewel, a massive 15-year-old cruise ship, had about 2,000 guests and 1,000 crewmembers onboard when it received word to abort its journey through the South Pacific. After stopping in the American Samoa to refuel, it docked in Honolulu, Hawaii earlier this week.

Norwegian dispatched a 747-400 charter from Wamos Air to get stranded Europeans home. The flight, operated by EC-MQK, Honolulu at 2:45 PM on Tuesday and arrived into Frankfurt at 11:27AM on Wednesday before continuing to Madrid. HNL-FRA is 7,450 miles.

a screenshot of a computer

Even more impressive, the Spanish charter made the 7,871 mile journey from Madrid to Honolulu nonstop.

We’re seeing interesting flights pop up all over the world as countries work to bring their citizens home during this time of quarantine. Air Tahiti Nui recently flew nonstop from Pape’ete, French Polynesia to Paris, a journey of 9,765 miles (and now the record holder for world’s longest nonstop flight). Qantas is also operating nonstop service between Darwin and London this week.

CONCLUSION

My business partner and I love Honolulu and Frankfurt…two of our favorite cities. We’ve always joked that it is a shame that Lufthansa does not offer nonstop service between FRA and HNL. Well, it wasn’t Lufthansa, but that direct link has finally happened.

Hopefully everyone made it home safely…

image: Anna Zvereva

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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15 Comments

  1. Billy Bob Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    Quit with the annoying popups in the corner.

    • Matthew Reply
      March 26, 2020 at 3:33 pm

      Do those come up every time you visit the site? They are only supposed to pop up your first visit.

      • emercycrite Reply
        March 26, 2020 at 8:06 pm

        They’ve appeared on every visit on every page for me today.

        • Matthew Reply
          March 26, 2020 at 8:06 pm

          I’m sorry. I’ll ask the folks on Boarding Area because that should not be the case.

        • Jame Reply
          March 26, 2020 at 8:12 pm

          Me too. Annoying as hell.

  2. jon Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 4:46 pm

    The queen (747) to the rescue !

  3. Vernon St. Amour Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    Mileage like that will really put posterior endurance to the test.

  4. BcT Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    ‘Finally’? I guess you missed the Lufthansa charters a few years back.

    • Matthew Reply
      March 26, 2020 at 7:37 pm

      Yes, I did.

  5. GT Traveller Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 7:38 pm

    This plane landed a couple of hours here in Guatemala, it’s still here, I assume it came to bring Spanish people back home.

    • Andy K Reply
      March 27, 2020 at 12:00 pm

      Do you work for Grant Thornton?

      • GT Traveller Reply
        March 27, 2020 at 2:35 pm

        No, I’m actually from Guatemala, born and raised here; I’m an aviation geek and have the blessing to live in a high rise with an awesome view of the runway! (These days it’s looking so sad, though).

  6. debit Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    Ralph Lauren gives 10 million donation.

    You know who is conspicuously missing? The billionaire who hasn’t donated even a million.

  7. Brad Reply
    March 26, 2020 at 10:46 pm

    MAD-HNL empty isn’t very impressive. Delta flew a 330 from SIN-ATL empty. Amazing how far a plane can travel with no load.

    • Grant Reply
      March 27, 2020 at 1:29 am

      I cruised on the Norwegian Jewel to Alaska in July. Great crew, shoutout to Raphael! Hope all crew and passengers arrive home safely.

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