been happening is very simple they increased the block time by almost an hour most of the sectors Wow clever eh!
If I may say so, it is a fairly old and common industry-practice to "pad" scheduled travel times. Gives for some wiggle-room to the airline, good for passengers who are planning their trips for things like connections, and hardly anybody complains when the PA goes "oh gosh jeez folks, we are going to arrive about 20 minutes early today and sincerely apoligize for any inconvenience." However, I have noticed (and this is only my unscientific observation) that we are departing more frequently on-time, so yes, things are improving and that is the objective of the exercise.