SQ21, the 18-hour flight from Newark to Singapore has to be one of the world's longest, or in the top 5 at least. And this one, leaving at 11 pm and heading over the Pole, is dark all the way.For people like me who don't fly all the time, it's still an amazing trip. You dine at midnight, then head north until north turns into south. You watch yourself cross Siberia, Mongolia and Tibet on an animated map right out of Indiana Jones. You read the in-flight mag with its intriguing cover story (left), watch about 75 in-flight movies, figure out how to work the sleeper seat, and sleep.
Our Airbus A340-500 was so roomy, smooth and comfortable that I found myself asking, how can the A380 plus this?
Tomorrow, I will let you know.
