Qatar Airways has launched its non-stop flight between Doha and Auckland.

The daily flight is operated with a Boeing 777-200LR. At 14,535 kilometres long and with a scheduled flight time of 17 hours and 30 minutes on the westbound leg, it is the world’s longest commercial flight by great circle distance and by time.

“The launch of our new service to Auckland is an important milestone for Qatar Airways as we expand both in the region and globally across our network providing more options and better connections to exciting business and leisure destinations in Europe and the Middle East,” said Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive of Qatar Airways.

According to the carrier, the flight offers up to 116 tonnes of bellyhold cargo capacity every week to transport imports of raw, industrial and consumer materials into New Zealand, as well as exports of dairy produce, meat and fruit.

The schedule for the new flight is as follows.