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Feb 7, 2007 | 3:19 pm

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Originally Posted by rkkwan

Planes don't stay on the same route. CGN is one of the longer 752 routes, so the plane goes out early and comes back relatively late.

But the Ireland/UK flights depart late in the evening. Some at 9pm or later. A 752 coming back from Europe in the early afternoon can do a roundtrip to Florida and be back in time for a UK/Ireland departure.

Yep...depending on winds, an EWR-SNN flight can be shorter than a transcon. Plenty of time left over to hop down to FLL.