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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 1:00 am
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Originally Posted by HkCaGu
Last time I flew LAX-NRT, the captain mentioned something about flow control and how the flight must arrive within a certain window. Maybe that's why NRT flights are very often on-time, while other flights have no incentive to. Also, redeye long-hauls have less risk of misconnected passengers.
So they need incentives to arrive on-time? That doesn't sound right.
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