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Old Jul 7, 2004 | 3:10 pm
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Prevailing winds.....

in the northern hemisphere generally blow from west to east (nd that's why eastbound flights in the northern hemisphere tend to be shorter than westbound flights), hence the general tendency to fly east bound.
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