Travel News - WSJ: Why your flight is taking longer

Or, Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven

Flights that once took four or five hours are taking five or six. So why do you have to spend more time in the air? Because airlines are adding more "padding" to their schedules, according to an article in Thursday's Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703575004575043143789789222.html

Please see this thread from four days ago. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/newsstand/1047867-wsj-why-six-hour-flight-now-takes-seven.html)

(You have to get up early to beat this crowd. If a relevant article came out more than six hours ago, chances are there's already a thread on it.)

Or, Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven

Flights that once took four or five hours are taking five or six. So why do you have to spend more time in the air? Because airlines are adding more "padding" to their schedules, according to an article in Thursday's Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703575004575043143789789222.html

Schedule padding does not make your flight spend more time in air. The entire trip, with connections may take more time from start too finish.
FTer's are fast. Posting Thursday's news on Sunday leaves you vulnerable to charges of posting stale news. ;)