2006-11-09 23:39:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Trade winds.
2006-11-09 23:41:40 · answer #1 · answered by Polo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First take the time differense into account. Then there is somethin colled jetstreams that races at the altitudes where the aircraft is flying. The ac can fly faster when they are moving in the same direction than in the opposite way. Then there is the question about howe buissy the airports are when you are flying. Buissier airports mean that the ac could be forced to wait on ground or in air. Johan
2006-11-10 00:56:52 · answer #2 · answered by Johan from Sweden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of wind resistance. To all the people who said time difference: the actual flying time is about half an hour longer not just the time difference. It's because the winds are not as favorable going in that direction.
2006-11-10 02:01:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mike R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because once you've spent a couple of weeks in the states the pilot understands how badly you want to get back to the UK and puts his foot down!
And I mean youre missing home, not that you got a prob with the US
2006-11-10 00:01:55 · answer #4 · answered by Georgie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you may be confusing flight time with time difference? If not, then it'll be to do with the the standard movement of air in the atmosphere - the prevailing direction will be one way rather than the other, assisting in one direction and hindering in the other.
2006-11-09 23:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by cuddles_gb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am sure most of the above answers are right. I had assumed that the planes took a different route. Let's face it, if they all followed the same trajectory there would be more head on crashes.
2006-11-10 02:36:29 · answer #6 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the previous respondents are nearly there.
The "prevailing winds" are the high-altitude "jetstream" - airliners use it from east to west, to save fuel and time. Obviously they can't use it - they have to avoid it - going the other way.
2006-11-09 23:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GC and Ron have it right. It is to do with the winds blowing towards the US. Simplistically, the plane has less resistance flying to the States than it does flying back to the UK.
2006-11-09 23:48:12 · answer #8 · answered by Penfold 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Predominant winds go towards the US across the Atlantic.
2006-11-09 23:41:59 · answer #9 · answered by GC 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because when you fly from the U.K to the U.S the plane travels the same way as the earth rotates, which means, the plane is trying to catch up, and plus if the wind is head wind, will be even slower, and if the wind is tailwind will be a bit faster.
2006-11-09 23:43:22 · answer #10 · answered by superboredom 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋