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Last month I booked a flight on American Airlines for the end of December. Today I got an email from them stating that there had been a change in my trip, and here are the updated details of my flights.
For both flights (IAD->LAX and LAX->SYD), the only change I can see is that the departure and arrival times have changed slightly (<30 minutes). The aircraft did not change either, but both flights are now longer! The first flight gained 49 minutes and the second flight gained 10 minutes.
10 minutes on a 15 hour flight is negligible, but adding almost an hour to what was a 5.5 hour flight seems like quite a lot! Why would an airline change their flight time so drastically, when seemingly nothing but the departure time has changed?
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Last month I booked a flight on American Airlines for the end of December. Today I got an email from them stating that there had been a change in my trip, and here are the updated details of my flights.
For both flights (IAD->LAX and LAX->SYD), the only change I can see is that the departure and arrival times have changed slightly (<30 minutes). The aircraft did not change either, but both flights are now longer! The first flight gained 49 minutes and the second flight gained 10 minutes.
10 minutes on a 15 hour flight is negligible, but adding almost an hour to what was a 5.5 hour flight seems like quite a lot! Why would an airline change their flight time so drastically, when seemingly nothing but the departure time has changed?
air-travel itineraries
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DJClayworth
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David K
8621920
This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
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Last month I booked a flight on American Airlines for the end of December. Today I got an email from them stating that there had been a change in my trip, and here are the updated details of my flights.
For both flights (IAD->LAX and LAX->SYD), the only change I can see is that the departure and arrival times have changed slightly (<30 minutes). The aircraft did not change either, but both flights are now longer! The first flight gained 49 minutes and the second flight gained 10 minutes.
10 minutes on a 15 hour flight is negligible, but adding almost an hour to what was a 5.5 hour flight seems like quite a lot! Why would an airline change their flight time so drastically, when seemingly nothing but the departure time has changed?
air-travel itineraries
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
Last month I booked a flight on American Airlines for the end of December. Today I got an email from them stating that there had been a change in my trip, and here are the updated details of my flights.
For both flights (IAD->LAX and LAX->SYD), the only change I can see is that the departure and arrival times have changed slightly (<30 minutes). The aircraft did not change either, but both flights are now longer! The first flight gained 49 minutes and the second flight gained 10 minutes.
10 minutes on a 15 hour flight is negligible, but adding almost an hour to what was a 5.5 hour flight seems like quite a lot! Why would an airline change their flight time so drastically, when seemingly nothing but the departure time has changed?
air-travel itineraries
air-travel itineraries
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
edited 1 hour ago
DJClayworth
30.4k577113
30.4k577113
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
asked 2 hours ago
David K
8621920
8621920
This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
– jcaron
1 hour ago
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This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
– jcaron
1 hour ago
This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
– jcaron
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
– jcaron
1 hour ago
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The two most likely causes are a change in routing or a change in take off and landing slots.
Routes can change for various reasons, some may be longer or shorter. They usually don't make that much of a difference to a short flight (although it can happen if one route had a better jetstream, those are usually variable)
Most likely is a rearrangement of logistics meaning take off or landing slots have changed meaning the aircraft needs to take less or more time to get to its slot. These may be changed due for seasonal reasons, or because an airport rearranges to accommodate new bids for the most desirable time slots etc.
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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The two most likely causes are a change in routing or a change in take off and landing slots.
Routes can change for various reasons, some may be longer or shorter. They usually don't make that much of a difference to a short flight (although it can happen if one route had a better jetstream, those are usually variable)
Most likely is a rearrangement of logistics meaning take off or landing slots have changed meaning the aircraft needs to take less or more time to get to its slot. These may be changed due for seasonal reasons, or because an airport rearranges to accommodate new bids for the most desirable time slots etc.
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
The two most likely causes are a change in routing or a change in take off and landing slots.
Routes can change for various reasons, some may be longer or shorter. They usually don't make that much of a difference to a short flight (although it can happen if one route had a better jetstream, those are usually variable)
Most likely is a rearrangement of logistics meaning take off or landing slots have changed meaning the aircraft needs to take less or more time to get to its slot. These may be changed due for seasonal reasons, or because an airport rearranges to accommodate new bids for the most desirable time slots etc.
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
add a comment |Â
up vote
6
down vote
up vote
6
down vote
The two most likely causes are a change in routing or a change in take off and landing slots.
Routes can change for various reasons, some may be longer or shorter. They usually don't make that much of a difference to a short flight (although it can happen if one route had a better jetstream, those are usually variable)
Most likely is a rearrangement of logistics meaning take off or landing slots have changed meaning the aircraft needs to take less or more time to get to its slot. These may be changed due for seasonal reasons, or because an airport rearranges to accommodate new bids for the most desirable time slots etc.
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
The two most likely causes are a change in routing or a change in take off and landing slots.
Routes can change for various reasons, some may be longer or shorter. They usually don't make that much of a difference to a short flight (although it can happen if one route had a better jetstream, those are usually variable)
Most likely is a rearrangement of logistics meaning take off or landing slots have changed meaning the aircraft needs to take less or more time to get to its slot. These may be changed due for seasonal reasons, or because an airport rearranges to accommodate new bids for the most desirable time slots etc.
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
edited 1 hour ago
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
answered 2 hours ago
Rory Alsop
11k14075
11k14075
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This would probably have been better on our Aviation site
– DJClayworth
1 hour ago
Can you provide the exact date and the schedules before/after? If it's on a very busy day (say, the week-end before or after Christmas), they could have added some buffer to take congestion into account. It may not make the actual flight longer, just make sure you arrive "on time" even if you leave late. They should have taken that into account earlier, but you never know... It could also be they received notification of an event that could disrupt things at specific times (say, the President using the same airport as you). Hard to guess.
– jcaron
1 hour ago