SAS Longhaul Gremlins [Irregular Operations Ticker]
Jul 22, 2023, 1:41 pm
#271
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Jul 24, 2023, 11:32 am
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Based on a look at the seat maps, 9H-HFA seems to be scheduled to operate SK944 ORD-CPH tomorrow July 23rd. SK943 CPH-ORD is also cancelled tomorrow, presumably so SK doesn't then have an extra plane in Chicago...
This could obviously change, but hopefully they've resolved this situation.
This could obviously change, but hopefully they've resolved this situation.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/9h-hfa
Jul 26, 2023, 2:09 am
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I'm looking at recent flights of SK943(hifly) and there is plenty of flights when the flight duration is 9 hours. When I look at other past cph-ord flights or even fra-ord the flight duration sometimes is only 8hrs15min although usually closer to 8hrs30min, either way how come there is such a big discrepancy in flight time when the distance is the same or even more ?
Jul 26, 2023, 2:43 am
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I'm looking at recent flights of SK943(hifly) and there is plenty of flights when the flight duration is 9 hours. When I look at other past cph-ord flights or even fra-ord the flight duration sometimes is only 8hrs15min although usually closer to 8hrs30min, either way how come there is such a big discrepancy in flight time when the distance is the same or even more ?
Last edited by CPH-Flyer; Jul 26, 2023 at 2:49 am
Jul 26, 2023, 2:51 am
#278
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Depends on the situation that day and which routing was available... the NAT are published each day and may be moved around for weather and congestion issues. 9H-HFA has the engines (RR Trent 772B-60) and the same A330 PIP (330-343E) as the other A330 of SAS. It could be that HiFly opted not to use the NAT as they would have received a later slot and chose to fly a route outside of the NAT, hence taking longer.
The exact waypoints flown can be found here: https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/SAS943 If you are so inclined you could do soem research and compared which waypoints were used by others
The exact waypoints flown can be found here: https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/SAS943 If you are so inclined you could do soem research and compared which waypoints were used by others
Jul 26, 2023, 5:59 am
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Depends on the situation that day and which routing was available... the NAT are published each day and may be moved around for weather and congestion issues. 9H-HFA has the engines (RR Trent 772B-60) and the same A330 PIP (330-343E) as the other A330 of SAS. It could be that HiFly opted not to use the NAT as they would have received a later slot and chose to fly a route outside of the NAT, hence taking longer.
The exact waypoints flown can be found here: https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/SAS943 If you are so inclined you could do soem research and compared which waypoints were used by others
The exact waypoints flown can be found here: https://de.flightaware.com/live/flight/SAS943 If you are so inclined you could do soem research and compared which waypoints were used by others