FLIGHT FROM RDU TO JFK 9AM ARRIVAL PLUS

I have to make an 8.30 am meeting at company headquarters in Detroit every Tuesday I find it doesn't matter which flight you're on or what it says on your fare rules, if you want to go straight away you can be in the seat of a 747 pushing back, within 30 mins of getting out of the cab. I've arrived an hour before departure for long haul and had time to graze in duty free.īA at JFK is a machine, they have eight or so 747s leaving within four hours (6pm to 11pm), all going to LHR.

I aim for 90 mins before push back when I fly long haul (ie BA to LA), but if it ends up as 1:15 I'll still have time to hang around. Early o'clock flights are very convenient from the point of view of queuing, buying a magazine, getting to the airport as well - by far in some cases.

Great thing about travelling so early is that the lines at security are pretty short. I wake up at 4.00 am, leave the house at 5.00 for the 15 min drive to the airport, find parking and catch the flight every time.

I have to make an 8.30 am meeting at company headquarters in Detroit every Tuesday which means catching a 6.00 am flight getting in around 7.30. That's the way it is supposed to be, but let's get real. so they still have one of the most sizeable redeye hubs. all the west coast ones that arrive at those odd hours such as, PDX, SEA, YEG, YYC, SFO, SMF, DFW, DEN etc all leave right about midnight. all the flight more than 3.5 hours in length like that seem to depart before 2300. but also redeye flight to BOS, PHL, CLT, JFK, EWR, BWI, DCA, IAD, MIA, FLL, RDU, ATL, DTW, CLE, PIT, CMH, YYZ. LAS- PBI, I think that operates every day of the week now. Pretty much every major east coast city you can think of, in fact they've added one. HP/US has a whole bank of flight from LAS to the east coast, they depart just before 2300, most flight leaving around 2245 and arriving into east coast cities between 06. The first part of that statement is not entirely true. Still better than those 1-2a CRJs to COS and what not. Of course, that last bank (1140p-1159p) has some really crazy arrivals, such as a 338a arrival at DFW, 217a at SLC, 209a at PDX, 230a at SEA. HP (now US) has pretty much done away with that late-night bank of departures. Airlines would have to keep check-in desks staffed, the ramp staffed, ect for this time.Įdit: God, I should have known by the time I type this 4 other people would have said the same points. Flying in during these hours of the day the NIMBY's might actually start to have a case.well, maybe not.Ĥ. Lots of people whine about airplane noise during daytime flights, alot of airports have noise restrictions. For me it's much more manageable to arrive at 4-5am for the 6am flight out arriving in the early morning 8-9am, then I'm awake and can hang out all day.ģ. That would be one hell of a morning and I'd waste half the day sleeping to recover from all that which would really defeat the purpose of arriving and starting vacation with that extra day. Who wants to start a vacation at 3-4am? Get to the airport at 11pm, takeoff 1am, arrive at strange airport 3am, arrange pickup or get to destination 4am. The longer 'more popular' routes have red-eye flights already which arrive in the morning after sunrise, at a time the plane can turn around and fly out on an early route.Ģ. Not many people want to do short-medium haul flights at these times. I remember seeing about 35 to 40 people on these flights, max, each time I flew them.ġ. DL used to have lots of flights leaving destinations at around 5a about three years ago and even that has been dropped for a lot of the reasons I just discussed, not to mention the obviously bad load factors. No one would get up that early, even for a dirt-cheap fare.

FLIGHT FROM RDU TO JFK 9AM ARRIVAL PLUS

Plus you also have to have people around to staff these flights. That means that pax have to get up at an ungodly hour (1-2 am), drive 30 to 45 minutes (including parking) to get to the airport and then wait another hour/hour-and-a-half to get to the gate and board the flight. Remember, you have to check in at least 90 minutes prior to departure and you should be at the gate an hour before each flight. I'm talking about flights between 1am and 4am.ĭo you think airlines could make more money like this? Why won't airlines add really early flights in the summer to increase capacity to some of the most popular destinations?

Flight from rdu to jfk 9am arrival