According to the airline, the flight will take an incredible 17 hours and 35 minutes in the westbound direction.

该航空公司称，该航班会向西飞行长达17小时35分钟。

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Delta will run one daily flight in each direction, with the eastbound flight leaving Newark's Liberty Airport at 6:50 p.m. local time, and the westbound flight departing Charles DeGaulle Airport at 1:30 p.m. local.

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In 1932, Scottish aviator Jim Mollison made the first westbound transatlantic solo flight, from Portmarnock, Ireland, to Pennfield, New Brunswick.

CNN: Monday,