China Eastern launches Shanghai–Buenos Aires service, creating world's longest scheduled commercial passenger route

China Eastern has inaugurated a twice‑weekly Shanghai–Buenos Aires service that outlets are calling the world's longest scheduled commercial passenger route. Operated with Boeing 777s, the link spans roughly 18,000 km (more than 12,000 miles) and can take about 29 hours including a technical stop in Auckland.

Discovered 2025-12-04T03:06:19.937873-08:00 | 2025-12-04T03:06:19.937873-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The operation establishes a new ultra‑long‑haul Asia–South America link covering roughly 18,000 km and return journeys up to ~29 hours, as first outlined in the route announcement: https://hype.aero/?story=211f9038-0b22-4072-baa8-4865530150de
  • Argentina has formally authorised the service (Disposition 42/2025) and tickets are on sale, marking the first scheduled China–Argentina commercial passenger connection: https://hype.aero/?story=55700d97-a52a-45fb-91aa-857bf7021ae4
  • The twice‑weekly Boeing 777 deployment and the mix of nonstop/technical‑stop reporting underline immediate network and fleet allocation decisions carriers must make when operating extreme long‑range scheduled services: https://hype.aero/?story=211f9038-0b22-4072-baa8-4865530150de

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Flightradar24 aeroxplorer.com buenosairesherald.com airlinergs.com The Independent aviation.direct
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