British Airways records fastest NY-London flight

As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilized the strong tailwinds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record four hours and 56 minutes — at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour. According to the data available with online flight tracker service Flightradar24, a British Airways Boeing 747 that departed from the JFK Airport on Saturday reached Heathrow shortly after 11.20 p.m. Another Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight landed at Heathrow moments later, only a minute less than the time the BA flight took, and three minutes quicker than another Virgin plane which arrived at 5.12 a.m. on Sunday, reports The Independent. Both BA and Virgin broke the previous New York to London record held by Norwegian airlines, which reached London Gatwick from JFK Airport in 5 hours 13 minutes in January 2018. (IANS)

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