Singapore Airlines is launching the new world's longest flight that will see flyers spending almost 19 hours on a plane nonstop

you could always stop for a layover (ANC comes to mind), but you'll have to wear a mask in the terminal, so what's the point of that?

Where is Tiger Airlines now that we need it!

Yes, A340-500's (long-range); they had five of those to cover SIN-LAX and SIN-EWR.

I took that flight about dozen times RT from EWR. Flying from the East Coast of the USA, it was MUCH better than connecting through ORD and NRT (e.g., via United).

Sometimes we would depart EWR on 4L, turn 40 deg left, and go straight all the way to SIN!

It was very comfortable, even in "Executive Economy" (where I was). The configuraiton was approx 50/50 Business/Coach, but even coach a spacious 2-3-2 arrangement, with only about 180 seats on the entire aircraft. They could not pack people in because of the the weight requirements. (I once returned home on Chinese New Year, and there were seven total pax on board.) I got a lot of work done on those flights.

The food was good, and they also had a little buffet in the back where you could grab a snack anytime.

Departure from EWR was circa midnight, with arrival at SIN in the morning of the following calendar day. Departure from SIN was late morning, with arrival at EWR circa 5pm the same calendar day. (Departure from SIN with a connection through NRT is circa 5am, and arrival at SIN at midnight -- both of those times are akward, especially for business travel.)

People would always ask, "How could you stand being on the same plane for 20 hours?!" Well, it was 10x better than being crammed into coach in a 747 for 14 hours, and then sitting (or trying to) in crowded NRT for four hours, followed by another 6+ hours in another overcrowded 747 to SIN.

Towards the end, they converted these flights to 100% business, but they didn't last through the 2008 financial crisis.

Yes, its called Business Class. ;)

When I was regularly making the EWR-SIN RT circa 2005, we would typically take the polar route to SIN (due north from EWR), but sometimes we flew over northern Europe. In one extreme case, we flew directly over Rome! The Captain told me it was all about the foreact weather and winds aloft when they planned the flight -- whatever route provided the shortest time aloft. The return SIN-EWR was typically polar, or over AK.

It did when my sis flew EWR-SIN in February. Caught the jetstream and arrived 1:45hrs ahead of schedule.

According to the Great Circle Mapper (http://www.gcmap.com/), the most direct route would be nearly straight north from JFK, brushing the northwest tip of Greenland, and over Russia and China.

from the article:
The Singapore-New York route was formerly served with an Airbus A380 aircraft, the airline's former flagship, that made a stop in Frankfurt, Germany in both directions.

it helps to read the article, butt why do that when others will.