Yeah, this flight should be pretty reliable compared to other EWR international flights for these reasons:

- The 777 has been on the ground for many hours by noon. It doesn't rely on a particular inbound flight to be on-time for the equipment.

- It leaves EWR early enough that delays are less likely than late-afternoon departures.

- It also has few incoming connections to wait for. It will wait for CO89 IAH-EWR, but that one is also always on-time. That's unlike later flights to HKG and NRT when sometimes they'll wait for connecting customers.