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Old Jun 6, 2019 | 11:27 am
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Boeing77W
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Published time of departure is push back time. At BA doors are to be closed 5mins prior to this time. Time to taxi is absorbed into the scheduled ‘flight time’.

I was told on a visit to EDI Tower that the official departure time for CAA statistics on punctuality, comes from the time ATC give approval for Push & Start.
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