Following the success of the RTW flight discussed here,

http://www.airliners.net/discussions...general_aviation/read.main/2720242

there's going to be another one....

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1927895,00.html

"For some it promises to be the trip of a lifetime. But after flying 32,000 miles and enduring a thrombosis-inducing three and a half days in an airline seat others might well wish they had stayed at home.

Yesterday the holiday company Airtours launched what it claims is Britain's first round the world package holiday: a 23-day whistlestop tour of 10 countries at a cost of £4,499. Scheduled to take off from Manchester airport on February 27 next year, the Airbus will carry 329 passengers, three pilots, 10 cabin crew, 10 holiday reps and a doctor.

Flying westward around the globe, the Airbus will touch down first in New York, followed by Las Vegas, Hawaii, Sydney, Borneo, Beijing, Agra, Dubai, Cape Town and Cairo. In the process passengers will spend 73 hours in the air (and possibly almost as much in airport terminals). As environmentalists were quick to point out, they will also emit a staggering 2,289 tonnes of carbon - equivalent to the weight of 286 double-decker buses."