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Old 30th Nov 2017, 11:01
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Originally Posted by LGS6753
The first wave arrivals of WZZ suit as the clocks in Eastern Europe are 1 - 2 hours ahead of UK, thereby allowing WZZ to make better utilization of their aircraft. If UK-based aircraft went east at (say) 0630 UK time, they could be losing an hour or two every day.
This could be solved by WZZ serving destinations further west from LTN.
You're right about the morning but a UK base makes up for it in the evening. E.g. Depart Riga at 23:00 and arrive into LTN before midnight.
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