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Old Jan 25, 2025 | 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by kamadzu4
Seem so, but won't 1 plane end up sitting in Chicago for 9 and a half hours every day?

JL10 - 11:30AM HND ---> 9:05AM ORD
JL55 - 12:30PM ORD ---> 3:15PM (+1) NRT
JL56 - 6:15PM NRT ---> 4:00PM ORD
-----9.5 hour gap------
JL9 - 1:30AM ORD ---> 4:20AM (+1) HND

Seems like inefficient utilization - at least if the plane was in Tokyo, could be doing maintenance, cleaning, etc.
Not quite. JAL has moved the JL 10 departing time from its current to ETD of 1:05AM, arriving HND at 4:20AM (+1)
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