<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by nld88:
To those who would have guessed CO's HKG-EWR route, this flight actually spends more time in the air going westbound, but distance wise it is slightly shorter </font>
This may be true, but the CO HKG-EWR route operates non-stop in both directions year-round - JNB-ATL doesn't. I have flown on the CO flight, and it indeed is a long one. I've been on perhaps two dozen crossings of the Pacific Ocean, which are 10-14 hours depending on direction and city pairs involved. But, the extra couple of hours on the CO flight really made it seem long!