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Old Sep 20, 2008, 9:06 pm
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edgewood
 
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Originally Posted by gura
Air Canada YHZ(Halifax)-LHR is 2848miles, 6h00m, on B767, while
Icelandair JFK-KEF is 2586miles, 5h45m, on B757.
but if they are starting out from SFO, getting to YHZ is no snap

if you punch in ITA, it gives you elapsed times - as little as 13 hours via CDG - but there is a long flite to CDG

its easy to break in JFK, then go nonstop to NCE:

San Francisco, CA to Nice, France: 6558 miles 15 hrs 30 min

Delta Air Lines Flight DL150 on a Boeing 757
Departs San Francisco, CA (SFO) Thur, Dec 25 9:10a 5 hrs 42 min
Arrives New York, NY (JFK) 5:52p
Layover in New York 1 hr 18 min
Delta Air Lines Flight DL82 on a Boeing 767
Departs New York, NY (JFK) Thur, Dec 25 7:10p 8 hrs 30 min
Arrives Nice, France (NCE) Fri, Dec 26 9:40a
Note: The flight from New York (JFK) to Nice (NCE) is overnight

this is much easier than double-stopping or overnighting on the way

and i do not recommend Icelandair: narrow seats, tight pitch, even in business

but should you be shlepping elderly folk around europe?

how about a nice cruise to the mexican riviera??
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