Originally Posted by
saccoNY
Look at the inflight mag. All other aircraft are speed listed at 530MPH and up. But the 321neo is 518mph cruise. Slower than even a EMB 170 at 520MPH. I know this is not in reality the cruise speed. But it still should provide a relative compare
Not sure why United's are so much slower - LH says 840 kph (~522 mph) and Delta says 525 mph
All else being equal, that should only mean about a five minute difference in flight time on an 1,800 mile flight (roughly ORD-SFO)