Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Senior Etihad Airways executive, Andrew Fisher, embarks on a journey of a lifetime on 21 January when he attempts to break the world record by flying around the globe in the shortest time frame on scheduled flights, and with the fewest number of sectors.
Fisher,
who works as the airline’s Vice President Fleet Planning, hopes to shave three
hours off the current record of over 55 hours by completing the journey in only
four sectors.
His
flight path begins in the early hours of Sunday morning in Shanghai, taking him
to Auckland, Buenos Aires and Amsterdam before returning to the Chinese city in
the early hours of Tuesday morning, 23 January.
A
self-proclaimed ‘aviation geek’ with a love of studying airline networks and
schedules, Abu Dhabi-based Andrew is well placed to chart his journey and
fulfill a dream he has been keen to attempt for over 20 years.
“It’s
about time the job was done,” he said. “The planning has taken a long time,
essentially to ensure the flight timings, routings and transits are kept as
tight as possible and there is only a short window of opportunity for this to
happen.”