IF you're the kind of business traveller who loves
flights—especially super-long ones—I have some bad news:
Singapore Airlines' flights 21 and 22, the longest commercial
services in the world, are scheduled for cancellation. The two
all-business-class flights, which operate between Singapore and
Newark, New Jersey, take around 19 hours and cover 9,525 miles
(15,329 km). But late last month, Singapore airlines announced
that it would be cancelling the services, along with another
between Singapore and Los Angeles that is almost as long.  The
title for the world's longest flight, reports Ben Mutzabaugh
of USA Today, will now shift to Qantas, which operates a
8,576-mile service between Sydney and Dallas. Singapore Airlines
is scrapping its record-holding services as part of a massive
new deal with Airbus. Under the terms of the agreement,
Singapore will get five new A380s and 20 new A350s, and the
manufacturer will buy back the A340-500s that the airline uses
on its super-long-haul routes. But those explanations