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Old 27th Aug 2023, 21:36
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anxiao
 
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Flight Times

As an ex airline pilot I am confused about a flight I shall take this week.

When I booked it, the elapsed time was 11.50, and unfortunately I did not notice the aircraft in use. A week ago the airline, LH told me that due to a change of equipment the flight time would now be 13.50, and the aircraft is an A340-300. Using a ratio of those times to the Mach number that I use to fly on Boeings that flight time ratio leads to an Airbus A340-300 Mach number of 0.71.

Does it really fly at that speed, or is there something more in this? The airline documents still say that the flight is non stop, but I suspect they are going to put a tech stop in somewhere.

Confused of Cape Town.

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