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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 1:36 am
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goback
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Originally Posted by Dave Noble
Connecting on to London ( where I will be flying to) , arriving in at 8pm is perfect. It is the only daytime service to London that I am aware of.
I couldn't agree with you more about the arrival time.
My colleagues often think me a little strange chasing daylight flights, including east bound TATL. I also used to fly on the Thursday (or was it Friday?) QF LAX SYD daylight-ish flight in the past.
For economy passengers it could be a bonus as well given that sleep in Y is near on impossible, but good seat selection and good IFE could help pass by the v.long day with the occassional siesta.

Originally Posted by Dave Noble
On top of that, getting to SYD at that time of the morning has no traffic and I can leave safe in the knowledge of not having to allow time for traffic

Also, being one of the 1st 3 departures in the morning ( QF and DJ both have 06:00 deomestic departures) there is unlikely to be any delay getting to the runway with other aeroplanes departing

Dave
Another couple of bonus points about the departure time, pace Kiwi Flyer.
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