How do international flights make up for lost time in case of delay in departure?
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Puzzled_08 asked:
I’ve seen that intl flights can easily start an hour and a half after scheduled departure time and still arrive on time. I read somewhere it has something to do with flying at different altitudes, but I am not clear.
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I’ve seen that intl flights can easily start an hour and a half after scheduled departure time and still arrive on time. I read somewhere it has something to do with flying at different altitudes, but I am not clear.
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December 4th, 2008 at 5:26 am
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Hello there!
Incase of a delay or if the weather isn’t helping, pilots can do a couple things to make up the lost time. This can include: flying at a higher altitude, increasing speed, consuming more energy/faster fuel burn=speed, and also bringing along less cargo will make the aircraft arrive sooner.
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December 6th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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pilots can do things to make up time, flying at a higher altitude may be one of those things because the air is more thin and the plane can go more quickly. What happens most often though is that the time that is given to passengers as the time in route allows for delays that may result from airport congestion, weather, etc. If the flight typically has a strong headwind it is calculated into the transit time, but the weather may be different that day.