Originally Posted by GotCalcio4

ATH has always been an early flight. 4:30 is actually a little later, as a couple summers ago when I took it, it was at 4:10. Since the flight is longer, you land in ATH at around 9:00a local, which isn't too bad. But I agree that for MUC and MAD, those times seem ridiculously early. As others have said, it could be due to scheduling restrictions, however this summer's TATL schedule isn't the busiest it's been (as in years past flights have also operated to TLV, BRU, SNN, OSL, MXP, EDI, BHX, and ARN during the summer season and PHL has accommodated them just fine).