on time record for flight 89?
 

Does any one have the on time record for flight 89 to Beijing?

Try the Bureau of Transportation Statistics:

http://www.bts.gov/xml/ontimesummary...maryFlightData

I'm sure CO does.

94.89 % on time per DOT
 

Thanks Snake!
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Summary Statistics
Airline: Continental Airlines (CO)
Flight Number: 0089
Time period: January 1, 2005 to October 30, 2005
Flight Number Carriers All Flights
Total Number Average Departure Delay (minutes) Average Taxi-Out Time (minutes) Average Scheduled Departure to Take-off (minutes) Average Arrival Delay (minutes) Average Airborne Time (minutes) Average Taxi-In Time (minutes) Total Number Cancelled Percent Flights Cancelled Total Number Diverted Percent Flights Diverted
0089 CO 137 -2.16 16.32 14.16 -3.43 177.04 7.84 1 0.73 0 0.00

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Flight Number Carriers Late Flights
Total Number Average Departure Delay (minutes) Average Taxi-Out Time (minutes) Average Scheduled Departure to Take-off (minutes) Average Arrival Delay (minutes) Average Airborne Time (minutes) Average Taxi-In Time (minutes) Percent Flights Late
0089 CO 7 5.29 23.14 28.43 23.14 189.14 6.71 5.11

Those numbers above are for CO89 IAH-EWR, not EWR-PEK.

Better place to check is www.flightstats.com

For EWR-PEK:
54 flights checked (don't know what time period):
45 ontime (83%)
6 are 16-30 min. late (11%)
3 are 46+ min late (5%)

Maximum late time is 576 minutes. Which I think is on 11/10. [My cousins were flying back from PEK on 11/11, and were delayed for about 9 hours.]

For flights on specific recent days, you may want to check www.flightaware.com

Thanks for the help. I have to make connection for a domestic flight on Air China. 83% on time record is pretty good.

Nancy

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.