Originally Posted by
fumje
Assuming the itinerary has not changed, it is a race between the airplanes!
outbound UA29 is
N27958, with ETA 0635 SGT.
return UA1 is scheduled as
N36962, currently serving UA2, with ETA 0629 SGT.
They may pull into the gate within minutes of each other.
edit:
UA29 is flying faster and has taken the lead from UA1!
UA2 and UA28 got to race back too. SQ32 joined the race an hour later and won!! Are those A350s so much faster or is there something else going on?