If you'd fly from Toronto to Hong Kong on 1 December, then Air Canada ETD 09:45am takes 16 hours, and Cathay Pacific ETD 10:30pm takes 20 hours. Why? Both are direct flights....
2006-10-19 02:48:36 · 4 answers · asked by Marianna 6 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
they may go to the same place, but airlines have airways (roads) to follow in the sky...they need to stick to a certain path...canada maybe has permission to fly faster/or takes a shortrer route..hope that helps
2006-10-19 02:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by monkeypaw201p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its thw way the world spins. Going back, you are going with the world roatating so the plane will take longer.
Going there, you will be going against the world spin so it will not take as long.
Get a globe, make the world spin in the right way and as your doing that run your finger from Canada to HKG.
Other possibility is that the airlines might be taking different aircraft but that will not affect time by much
2006-10-19 17:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the size and speed of the planes are different.
2006-10-19 09:55:55 · answer #3 · answered by Stacy M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
direct does not mean non-stop. direct means same flight number. you could have 1,2,or 3 stops inbetween
2006-10-19 15:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mark S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋