For U.S.-based airlines that run flights to Israel, it’s been a year of uncertainty and back-and-forth.When the militant group Hamas broke through the country’s border and killed over 2,000 people in October 2023,

American Airlines announced over the weekend it would not be resuming flights to Israel until September 2025, extending an existing pause by an additional six months and potentially sparking a cascade of other airline delays in resuming regular Israel service.

The longest direct flight in American Airlines' history is in the books, landing Monday at Brisbane Airport after nearly 16 hours.

American Airlines' longest flight is from Dallas-Fort Worth to New Zealand. The longest nonstop flight in the world is from Newark to Singapore. Here is a look into the world's longest flights.