The World's LONGEST Narrowbody Flight is INSANE: 9 HOURS! 

The fella moving your seat was excellent customer service, suitably apologetic and did well to sell you on the moves. This kinda stuff doesn’t cost but makes a huge difference. .

"It's really not the best" -- probably the nicest description of Newark airport I've ever heard!

The volume of some of your voice overs in this cideo were really low and could barely hear them over the noise of other things in the video.

I know they have to ask but asking Noel "are you able to assist in case of emergency" did make me chuckle, considering he would probably be able to pop into the cockpit and fly the thing to Milan by himself :)

As a former flight attendant I started my career on the good ol' B707 in 1982, one of the last attendants trained on this aircraft with my company. So, long haul flights on a narrow body aircraft was absolutely normal for me. And at that time for many passengers as well. But, no inflight entertainment, at all! If someone wanted to be entertained, we did it 😂 But very soon the 707 was phased out, and I was trained on the B747. What a difference! Not as cosy and intimate as the 707, but on the other hand better working conditions for us, the cabin crew, and more space to stretch out for the passengers. I worked on the 747-200, -400 and -8 for more than 3 decades, but sometimes still missed the elegant and sleek Boeing 707. I think using narrow bodied aircraft will be used primarely to serve smaller cities, or when demand is very low.

I feel like the background noise overpowers your dialogue in a few parts of the video.

I think what puts people off taking a narrowbody flight long haul is they think it's going to be 9 hours on a Ryanair flight. Arrivederci is also goodbye.

Glad to know it’s not just me that taps the plane before I board. Great vid Noel!

with the A321XLR coming, we could be seeing more of these types of flights

I agree this one was a bit difficult to hear you, lots of background noise. However, I am especially pleased to see your NP lanyard instead of stretching out your t-shirt collars. Thanks for the vids!

You should fly around the world on only narrow bodies it’s possible I think

"The pineapples don't mean anything" hahahaha. Awesome video!

Thanks Noel. See you in London on Saturday, I'm really looking forward to it

Noel me and my fella have been subscribed to your channel for a long time now and just feel the need to tell you that you really are one of the most genuinely nice people(vloggers) we have had the pleasure of watching.so thank you 😊 👍

Noel - crushed it again! Seriously considering taking the exact route. I've never been to Newark, but flew to Milan decades ago. Glad to see they still do the hard stand arrivals/departures. Makes it that much more memorable. Cheers!

Waaay too many people in the lounge for my liking. Aside from that, La Compagnie look like a nice enough airline though. Another great video Noel, thanks for making them each week, a lot of work goes into these I’m sure. Always appreciated mate! 👌🏻

Nice flight. Nothing special other than the entire plane being business class I suppose. I’m glad you enjoyed your flight. My best wishes to you and your family. Keep on traveling Noel!

I always tap the outter skin of the plane when boarding too. Ever since I was a little kid. Superstition and for luck. And I’ve never had a negative flight experience. It works.

Beautiful departure footage! My longest narrow body flight - SFO to HNL in 1970 on Pan Am. Back then everything was narrow body... I tap the plane too, top of the door opening.

Another great video. I wanted to thank you Noel, my eldest son died very suddenly he was 21. The first anniversary is tomorrow and I’m not in a good place. Since the day he passed I’ve not been interested in anything just going with the daily flow of things but your channel makes me smile and I look forward to Sundays. Keep doing what you’re doing and stay safe. Take care 😊

Absolutely love your videos, seeing the world through them is so enjoyable.

La Compagnie looks like a quality airline. Hopefully they find themselves a good spot in different markets too, so you can travel many destinations in what looks like a splendid setup, business class only. Keep’em cumin’ Noel, always nice to see your reviews.

Your videos are comforting, interesting and I often find myself laughing at your humerous takes. Thanks for taking us along on your journeys!

The 2x2 config is the major selling point here as you mentioned. Having done a few 6+ hr flights on narrow body airframes I’d say that’s about my limit lol

LOL, i was too distracted by the woman in the background picking her nose for ages

The random currencies used in the conversions are the best part of these videos!

Love your videos Noel, thank you for all your hard work

The only time I ever flew out of Newark was on the late, not so great People's Express (People's Distress?) in the 1980s. It was about the most disorganized flying experience I have ever had. Noel would have loved it. ;-)

I took a 6 hour flight on an A320 recently, BA six hours to Egypt. Absolute hell! No IFE, uncomfortable ride when compared to a wide body, and crap service. Narrowbody AC are fine for short haul, but 5-6 hours is the max, speaking for economy flying anyway. Put it this way, if you said fly this BA A320 LHR-JFK or this A350-1000, I’d take the latter without a moments hesitation.

Great video as always! Looks like a fun flight to take.

Probably 20 years ago I flew non stop with continental on a 757 from ewr to anc. That was every bit of 9 hours and change. Love the videos keep it going!

Noel that looked absolutely brilliant i would love to fly that aircraft . Great video as always

My longest flight on a narrow body flight was in September 1972 in a stretched DC-8 from Yokota Air Base Japan to Travis Air Force Base, CA, USA. Oh, BTW it was 15 hours with all seats economy (six across). And it was nonstop at that.

Thank you for the fresh perspective on long-haul narrow-body flights! As a pilot as well as a long time traveler, I have always been in support of the longer flights over 5 hours being on a wide-body. But I see now the benefit of a business class model for narrow-body long haul flights. As long as it is affordable for the airline, I wish more airlines would adopt this model rather than cramming as many people onto a smaller plane. Especially with a middle seat!

the women next to you on flight would not stop picking her nose when you was showing the amenity kit and at points could see her rubbing her fingers and flicking her boogers and at 1 point she looks directly at your camera after flicking an smiled/grinned 🤣...keep up the good work lol

Sorry Noel. Hearing you on this episode, is very very hard. The volume is terrible. Sorry, I hope it gets better next week.

Great video Noel, I am struggling however to hear your voiceover in places. Have you ever considered doing some content in the smaller Greek islands? Some very interesting approaches! Would love to see that!

Brilliant vlog again great sunset take off thanks Noel 👌🏻

Cool video as usual. I like the plane that looks rather comfortable actually. I did miss the part with what you have for breakfast. However the dinner service looks nice. The bathroom looked awfully small but then again it is a narrow body playing so there you go lolkeep up the great work, my friend.

to each their own, but I'm one of those who very much prefer to be on a widebody, in whatever class. I did take the TAP narrowbody from JFK to Lisbon in business a few years ago, and it was OK (although JFK was particularly bad - it was just post-covid and the Lufthansa Lounge - the only one open - was a disgrace). But I much prefer to have the sense of space that a widebody provides.

I will always chose wide body over narrow body in any kind or distance of a flight. The reason for me its simple but maybe not that important to many : bigger airplanes are more stable in bad weather or when the ride is not optimal. Ive been many times in the 777, 787, A330, etc and how the handle turbulence is better than smaller airplanes.

Great view from the plane and the sunset really was stunning. I love the look of the plane as well, I would enjoy a flight like that. Thank you again for a great video.

Done Newark a fair few times - transition to Portland ME. Spent 11 hours there once due to constant delays.

Great product 👍 That reminds me of my American Airlines flight with B757-200 in 2009 from Chicago to London-Heathrow 😎

definitely a beautiful departure!

Happy Sunday Noel ☀️ I always look forward on Sundays to your travel videos. Have a great day!

great flight i enjoyed it as always

really freaking goooddddddddd mic ! heheheheh finally noel

Been watching your trips for a few months now, very enjoyable. Im doing a long haul in a few days time. Melbourne - Singapore - Heathrow - Dundee - Sumburgh, 34 hours including stopovers. Originally from Shetland, but live in Australia.

This was actually awesome trip on a narrow body plane. ✈️ My dream trip to my homeland. Enjoy Italy 🇮🇹 Noel ❤

I did the United wide body version of this flight from Newark last month on the 777-200 in coach (window seats in rows 51 & 52 are where it’s at, no middle seats). Not bad, and as you noted, the flight is so short you barely have time to sleep anyways. Longest narrow body flight I did was PHX-KOA on Southwest 737-MAX8….pretty comfortable for a 6 hour flight in coach! I do miss the seat back IFE on narrow body flights, though!

My longest narrow body aircraft flight was from California to Okinawa, Japan (refueling stop in Honolulu). A year later, Okinawa to San Diego (refueling stop in Anchorage). Both flights were on Boeing 707-320 series aircraft. 1969 and 1970.

Great flight.

Great Video And Info

Technically Concorde was a narrow body aircraft and it also flew between New York and Paris

Nice Video as always!

Looks like a nice, cozy flight! It kind of reminds me of a flight I took with my wife from Newark to Omaha when her father passed away. We flew Midwest Express on a 717 which was in a 2/2 config and all the seats were wide 'first class' seats. That was probably the nicest flight I was ever on. It's a shame most flights now just shove you in like cattle and expect a premium to be paid.

Noel, I'm with you about the virtues of the narrow body for long flights. After all, that is all there used to be. Think of the Lockheed Super Constellation, and the Boeing 707. I flew to Europe twice on a 707, and found it very nice indeed.

Wow, nice trip. I love it. Cheers Mate 🇬🇧

My wife and I recently flew on a JetBlue A321 core/economy AMS-JFK, flight time was just minutes shy of 8 hours. We were lucky, we had a window and aisle with nobody between us but despite this being a long flight on a single aisle aircraft, this was by far one of the best TATL flights we’ve ever had. I’m sure the empty seat between us helped but even without that it would have been perfectly fine. My conclusion is that it’s the airline, seat and service that makes the flight, far more than how many aisles the aircraft has. Yes, there can be a line for the lavatories as the ratio isn’t as great on a typical narrowbody but I’d counter that by saying exiting the aircraft can be 5-10 minutes faster from the back of the plane when compared to a larger widebody. To me, the compromises aren’t a big deal at all.

“Probably not the best” is extremely kind referring to Newark’s Terminal B. It’s a 50 year old terminal that desperately needs to be torn down, like Terminal A was for the new Terminal A.

I’ve done Hartford BDL to Dublin DUB return multiple times on Aer Lingus in their a321 and always love it.

Longest narrow-body flight I've done is Amsterdam-Kano with a stop in Tunis, on a DC-8 in Air Suriname livery (!), flown by KLM. I think it was about six or seven hours including the stop. (The flight from Montreal (Mirabel!) to AMS was on an L-1011! Only time I was ever on that plane.) Not the longest distance in the world, but the start of a two-year stay in Nigeria from 1981-3 while my parents were teaching there. I turned 13 on the way home in Scotland, as we took a couple weeks to get back to Canada.

Hi Noel what a great video loved the airline looked very good your are correct less people better service keep up the great work you are doing for aviation. Paul in Kent

Great video!

Thanks for the CostaRican currency conversion - was keeping me up at night! 🤣🤣🤣

I flew from Newark to Sao Paulo back December of 2009 on Continental Airlines. Plenty of restaurants i had no problems at Newark.

Interesting to see La Compagnie using the old Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at Newark. I thought it looked familiar when it popped up!

Amazing sunset 😮

Hi Noel. Love your channel! My longest narrow-body flight was a 2001 Arkia (Israeli airline) Boeing 757 flight from Tel Aviv to Dublin - some 2,200 Nautical Miles. Cheers, Dani

Appreciate you managed to find an El Al plane at both EWR and MXP. Nice way to tie the video together.

Great video as always!! Didnt know they operated to Nice and Milan, only thought it was Paris as the sole destibstion from Newark. Longrst flight on a narrowbody ive travelled on is the united flight from London Heathrow to Washington Dilles. Hope all is well, take cRe

I spent 7 and a half hours on a BA 321neo recently in Club Europe. It surprisingly wasn't terrible, but not overnight, just early.

Really like the random currency you include in your price breakdown. Always a good chuckle!

I have to agree….though I love widebodies, it is easier on a narrow body. Boarding and deplaning is faster as is service. I’ve done the Cleveland to Dublin run in economy and that was great. Also have done low cost Play airlines Boston-Iceland-Paris and that was also awesome. As a child I did the Boston-Frankfurt many times on the Lufthansa 707.

Great review Noel. I wouldn’t agree with your conclusion about narrow bodies. Not because the size of the plane but because what the airlines try to squeeze out of them. I took a 6.5hr A321NX overnight last week on an LCC and it was awful. All designed to pack in the sardines. Thin uncomfortable seats, no folding headrest to act as a pillow. Came back on a full service 787 and it was chalk and cheese.

I remember flying alot in the 90"s and early 2000's. The airports overseas was always alot better then the Airports here in America and it looks like it is still that way from your videos that i have watched.

2 month ago I flew with TAP Air Portugal from Lisbon to Newark on the Airbus A321neo in business class and I can say that it feels much more exclusive flying a long flight on a narrow body aircraft rather then in a wide body like b777, so I would totally do it again!

I’d take that flight over the wide body aircraft. I loved everything about it, meals, drinks, comfort level of seats. Just perfect ❤

Been to Newark Airport twice when I was working for McAllister Towing. Was glad to get back home.

i like the video very much Noel job well done

Nice video, first time seeing that airline. My longest narrow body flight was Toronto to Gatwick on a DC-8 from worldway airways back in 🤔 1989 I think

I ALWAYS tap the hull before getting on Noel! Thought I was the only one that did that. 😎👍🏼

The reason people used to hate narrow bodies for long haul was they always used to have crappier air vent systems ect... I remember the first wide body I flew on and was shocked that my ears didn't hurt and still felt good by the end of the journey!

Very interesting perspective, narrow body vs. wide body, especially if your on that all biz. A321neo across the pond. Being a Delta flyer, was amazed at the price, with this airline from EWR. I see the benefits of less people, especially with this airline's configuration. Well done!

Your next family vacation should be to the Alsworth resort in Alaska. You could do a collab with Salina Alsworth. Film trips on float planes, etc.

Love the vids.

Really interesting Noel. BA used to fly A318s to New York via Shannon out of LCY with 32 all Business class config. They had the old Concorde flight number designation 001 . They have been scrapped now. I used to work on them at Gatwick

😂😂😂 I ALWAYS double tap the aircraft next to the door when boarding. Thought it was just me too! All my friends and family think I’m strange

What a beautiful sunset on take off. Great video & interesting airline

I love the look of the 321NEO - Black on powder blue! I've kinda funny about seeing the La Compagnie airline. I've been building up a file of current and defunct airlines of the world (just turned over 3k pics) and this was one of them I added to it! They make up my wallpaper for my laptop where it changes every minute.

United airline has a separate terminal C which is much nicer than the terminal B, also Newark has a new and open terminal A as well. Terminal B is the only one that is really small.

I never thought one of Noel's videos would have me looking up the population of Costa Rica, but by my calculations they now have about 4 million colons left...

When 11 (friends/family) of you take a flight from France to the US using La Compagnie and you get your own section of the aircraft it does feel like a private jet. Superb airline and the narrow body aircraft are perfect for the job.

Damn, I tought I was the only one giving a tap to the plane before boarding. Glad you seems to have the same habit Noel.

We flew TAP Portugal on an A321 XLR from Dulles to Lisboa. It wasn’t bad being on a narrow-body aircraft. Personally, I like the bigger jets, but whatever gets me where I need to be works just fine.

It's the cabin altitude and noise level, done a lot of narrow body trips in the Pacific and it's far quieter and restful when I take the 380

Astounded this was your first time visiting EWR! Lucky you, every time I visit NY, I seem to land there, and it’s atrocious

Noel loved the Loo Review comment 'Light a match on leaving' Lol

I flew out of Newark Airport once. It was from Newark to London on People's Express - First Class! First-class was upstairs (on a 747). We had an in-flight movie on a 16mm projector. I was working for Cray Research, Inc., (1982-1993) and the rule was simple: they pay for business class overseas. I could go first class if the price was equal to or less than the normal (e.g., Northwest Airlines) business class, OR I could use miles for the upgrade. I wanted to see what all the talk about People's Airline was about.