LONDON: A British Airways flight has likely broken the fastest-ever subsonic New York to London crossing time after reaching speeds of more than 800mph (1,288kmph).
Passenger plane records over the Atlantic tumbled overnight on Saturday and Sunday as Storm Ciara hurtled towards Britain.
According to Flightradar24, a British Airways Boeing 747 departing JFK airport on Saturday reached Heathrow in 4 hours 56 minutes. It was just a minute faster than a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight which landed at Heathrow moments later, and three minutes quicker than another Virgin plane. Flights travelling in the opposite direction were taking more than two and a half hours longer.
BA and Virgin smashed the previous New York to London record held by Norwegian, which reached London Gatwick from JFK in 5 hours 13 minutes in 2018. The average travel time between New York and London is around 6 hours 13 minutes.
Passenger plane records over the Atlantic tumbled overnight on Saturday and Sunday as Storm Ciara hurtled towards Britain.
According to Flightradar24, a British Airways Boeing 747 departing JFK airport on Saturday reached Heathrow in 4 hours 56 minutes. It was just a minute faster than a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight which landed at Heathrow moments later, and three minutes quicker than another Virgin plane. Flights travelling in the opposite direction were taking more than two and a half hours longer.
BA and Virgin smashed the previous New York to London record held by Norwegian, which reached London Gatwick from JFK in 5 hours 13 minutes in 2018. The average travel time between New York and London is around 6 hours 13 minutes.
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