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UnderASouthernSky
26th Jan 2023, 09:43
Very lazy of me, but I wondered how many scheduled routes there currently are within Europe that are short enough and cross a time zone to allow you to go back in time.
If any, are they all jets or are there prop aircraft used too? Presume one is only going to be going back in time a few minutes at best.

I was thinking that they would need to be landing in countries like the UK, Portugal and possibly departures from place like Greece as well?

TIA

davidjohnson6
26th Jan 2023, 09:51
Mariehamn in the Åland islands to Stockholm Arlanda
Generally flown with a prop, namely a Fokker 50
Schedule has it as a 35 min flight, so going back in time by 25 mins

Istanbul (both airports) to Skopje in North Macedonia goes back in time by 30 mins

If you're interested in UK routes, KLM's Amsterdam to Norwich goes 10 minutes back in time

pax britanica
26th Jan 2023, 10:05
Helsinki-Stockholm has to be pretty close to going back in time, the scheduled time might be a litle over 60 mins but the actual time when I travelled that route a lot was often 50 mins or so, also Turku to ARN is even shorter??, MAD-LIS

deecie
26th Jan 2023, 10:18
SVG to ABZ often achieves this.

eu01
26th Jan 2023, 10:25
Oh, you can go back in time even more. Flying from Malaga to Tetouan in April you will depart e.g. at 12:30 and you'll land before the scheduled 11:15, as the actual flight time is much shorter than that.
In the earlier mentioned Scandinavia I've flown back between Tampere and Skavsta with Ryanair, "back in time" as well. Btw. This route was a fiasco then, but now having Ryanair at main airports in both Helsinki and Stockholm, I'd expect them to try again.

deedave
26th Jan 2023, 12:22
Just travel in a very fast aircraft. You will experience a small time shift courtesy of Mr Einstein.

ATNotts
26th Jan 2023, 12:59
The Winter 1963 timetable for British United Air Ferries shows Le Touquet / Lydd services arriving 20 minutes earlier than they departed. Didn't occur in the summer because at that stage France didn't observe daylight saving.

Today Eurotunnel vehicle shuttles have a 25 minute time differential year round - but clearly they don't fly!!

Ant T
26th Jan 2023, 13:59
(Not European, but definitely time travel…)
Someone I worked with in the Antarctic managed to do a ~12 hour flight in a Twin Otter (including refuel stops) and still arrive the day before he departed.
South Pole station works on New Zealand time, which in summer is UTC+13, and the British base at Rothera on the Antarctic Peninsula works on Falklands time (UTC-3), so there is a 16 hour difference between the two.
He left South Pole early in their morning, and arrived at Rothera late evening on the previous date.

AirportPlanner1
26th Jan 2023, 20:55
I think Rotterdam-London City has some 55 min block times, or at least did previously. But for the flights themselves most from Amsterdam to the UK will achieve this.

UnderASouthernSky
26th Jan 2023, 21:42
Thanks for all the replies and some interesting routes in there, including a prop. Tempted to try a couple out.

northboy
6th Feb 2023, 21:21
Very lazy of me, but I wondered how many scheduled routes there currently are within Europe that are short enough and cross a time zone to allow you to go back in time.
If any, are they all jets or are there prop aircraft used too? Presume one is only going to be going back in time a few minutes at best.

I was thinking that they would need to be landing in countries like the UK, Portugal and possibly departures from place like Greece as well?

TIA
AMS - NWI. Currently arrives 10 mins before it departs local time. Currently on a 737.