Convenient connection on NH's NRT-CGK begins March 30
NH changed the schedule of the NRT-CGK (Jakarta, Indonesia) market effective March 30, 2013 so that it makes a timely connection with UA's bank of arrivals in NRT. Currently NH departs NRT at 10:00 am which is well before the bank of UA flights arrive into NRT. After the schedule change, it will depart NRT at 17:40 going to CGK non-stop. Similar change the other way; NH will now depart in the morning arriving into NRT a couple of hours before the bank of UA flights depart for USA. Previously the CGK-NRT were departing late evening from CGK arriving about ten hours before the UA bank of flights depart for USA.
It's a very convenient change. I used to have to fly NRT-SIN and overnight at Changi until the next morning before the first available flights to CGK from SIN. The schedule changes cuts the USA-NRT-CGK total travel time by 8 hours.
The only negative consequence is that NH is switching from the 787 to the 767 for the new schedule. I once flew NH's 767 and the seats are horrible.