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Old Aug 26, 2015, 8:50 pm
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Originally Posted by TomMM
Why would timezones affect travel time? Seems like they would divide Distance by Velocity.
Velocity isn't published, and neither is distance in a lot of cases. See the SSIM page at IATA for more information on how carriers share schedules.

Local departure and arrival times are published. So duration requires timezone math.
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