Nice find, OP ^
Originally Posted by
Tokyoite
atrocious outbound departure time (5:50am), but good availability all the way to December.
To be fair, the flight is timed for onward connections to the US. Leave around midnight and you'll have an overly long transit; leave later in the morning and you can't connect to the US.
Originally Posted by
EmailKid
Been that way for well over a decade (except when US Daylight Savings Time ends / starts) to line up with NRT - US departures. Flew this when it was still NW flying this route, alas in coach.
NH also has a ~6am flight out of SIN for the same reason, although as far as catering is concerned it's treated as a red-eye