Originally Posted by
former1k
17h50m is a long time in the air. So if the non-ULR metal can do that flight (safely I assume), what was all the fanfare for the ULR all about? I remember stuff like "these are the longest flights in the world, only made possible by ULR", etc.
SQ didn't order the ULR for giggles. It really was the only one that made the EWR and LAX nonstops viable, back when passenger loads were still sizable.