Boeing 707 Douglas competition, Boeing soon realized this would not provide a viable payload, so it widened the fuselage to to allow five-abreast seating and use of the KC-135's tooling. Douglas Aircraft had launched its DC-8 with a fuselage width of . The airlines liked the extra space and six-abreast seating, so Boeing increased the 707's width again to compete, this time to . The first flight of the first-production 707-120 took place on December 20, 1957, and FAA certification followed on September 18, 1958. Both test pilots Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn and James R. Gannett were awarded the first Iven C.
Longest flights this second United flight, there would be 3 daily nonstop flights from San Francisco to Singapore, 2 on United and 1 on Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines, however, will start nonstop flights from Singapore to Los Angeles on November 2, 2018 on an Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft. The longest range Airbus jetliner in service is the A350-900ULR, which is capable of flying . The A340-500, which is capable of flying with 293 passengers. The A380 is capable of flying with 544 passengers. The regular A350-900 can fly with 325 passengers. The longest range Boeing airliner in service is the 777-200LR, which can