Originally Posted by
Kushiro
Not to hijack the thread, but what options are there for the complete opposite case? I often fly Europe-west coast US with young kids, and the night flights make my life easy--are there any red-eyes going west?
I haven't heard of such a thing, unless you want to take the long way around (i.e. connect in east Asia). And if you think about it, crossing 9 time zones westbound in 12 hours would make for a pretty hellish overnight schedule - e.g. you'd have to leave at 3am to arrive at 6am.