Catching the Fastest Flight

Getting ahead of schedule becomes quite catchy when it comes to commitments. It’s just not restricted to the business class, everyone has time running on track. Besides, it would be saving hassle on the long haul with lesser time to deal with avoiding boredom. It would have been easier to get to know a specified airline which has a reputation for running the fastest flights which turn up to land ahead of schedule on a routine basis. But sadly enough, that cannot be possible when coming to consideration the additional factors such as fleet variety and operational expanse involved.

The world marveled when Air France came up with the Concorde to bring up commercial flights with an entirely new jet age to compete against time.  However, fate was never meant to withstand alongside the safety concerns of this very model and consequently all Concorde planes were grounded from operational duties.

There are three aircraft under current consideration for getting hold of the fastest flights. The first on the ranking is the Boeing 747-8. With a speed of 988 km/h, Boeing has itself officially claimed this model to be the fastest commercial airliner present in the market. Korean Air and Lufthansa are the biggest customers, which made multiple airlines follow up with additional orders. Even the U.S and Korean governments are inclined on getting hold of one each for presidential services!

Second in line is the Boeing 777, a renowned aircraft on whose basis the 747 series has been developed. Its maximum recorded speed is of 950 km/h with an astounding count of 924 aircraft under service with the biggest names in aviation industry. Singapore Airlines, Emirates, United Airlines and Air France rely on the 777 for all major flights while American Airlines, Cathay Pacific and British Airways are major operators of this aircraft.

With a speed of 945 km/h, the world’s largest commercial airliner Airbus A380 musters up to be the 3rd in our ranking. In case you’re flying intercontinental with airlines like Qantas, Singapore Airlines or Emirates, there’s a fat chance you’d be seated on an A380. With the largest passenger capacity, these airlines would be heavily reliant on an A380 to shoulder all major connecting routes between all the destinations they cover.

An honorable mention would be the VC-10, which classified itself as the fastest commercial aircraft in the 1970’s and 80’s. It was  then inducted in the British Royal Air Force  where it stays till 2013,even after all of its variants have been retired from commercial service. With a top speed of 933 km/h it withholds the record for the fastest commercial flight by a jet airliner over the Atlantic, from London to New York.

The only option left for you to choose from to decipher whether you’ll reach a direct destination in the shortest possible interval is to surf through the airplanes conducting the flights. Commercial airliners which have proved a success in such endeavors usually rise in popularity and thus are inducted in all major airlines across the globe.