In many airports of the world flights would start only around 11 PM of that nation ; and majority would take off only around 1 to 3 AM; and red eyed flights are early morning ,no tonly robbing the sleep at the boarding point but also at the landing place within 3 to 5 hrs; international flights are not red-eyed as those who would like to sleep straight away can go to sleep and no hostess will disturb you. The night ones are preferred only because of the landing day time for the passengers to safely reach their destinations. In majority, boarding people will know inside out the boarding area but may not know anything about the landing place. And fuel saving due to weather conditions subject to turbulence. K Rajaram IRS 29/30/1/24
On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 20:36, APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > Those are very informative facts, but known well. E.g., Narita airport > does not allow planes to land late at night as it disturbs residents. Mani > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 7:50 AM 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *Respected Sir/s,* >> SUBJECT: ON THIS DAY….My Memories ON FACEBOOK….*7 years ago* >> >> *Why do **international flights from India **always* *depart so late at >> night?* >> >> Courtesy: Omkar Sapre >> >> (Omkar Sapre, Indian, former journalist with The Economic Times) >> >> These are called red-eye flights. >> *Fuel >> savings is one prime reason to fly long haul flights in the night.* >> >> # In the nights, flights are able to get direct routing *and less >> waypoints*. *In common man language it means they get to fly on a route >> that is closest, without much turns and ups and downs, as they would during >> the day.* >> >> # In nights, the air is denser, allowing flying at a lesser thrust. Over >> a long distance, both these points give significant fuel savings. >> >> #Connecting flights is another reason. Passengers on most international >> flights will have connecting flights to other destinations within that >> country. Red-eye flights enable them get on to those. >> >> # Cost Saving is another reason: Airlines have to pay hefty fees to >> airports for the time they are on ground. So keeping aircraft in the air >> as much as possible is key to operational efficiency. One can't keep that >> aircraft in the air at night on intra-country flights as they are of short >> distance, but one can on long haul routes. >> >> #EDIT: An important reason and probably the main reason. - A lot of >> international airports, have night curfew. It means no flight can >> land/depart between 10-6 in the night. This is to ensure the health of >> neighbourhoods nearby. Indian airports do not follow this. So, to comply >> with international airports, we compromise with the sleep of people down >> here. Courtesy: QUORA DIGEST >> >> Regards >> >> V.Sridharan >> >> Trichy >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "iyer123" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/66396400.1485537.1706581207020%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/66396400.1485537.1706581207020%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/CAOCR2sq_2DpPE1UYk9ujuQj%2BppKeV1szGmh%2BCoiTnKcBqDo5ZA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/CAOCR2sq_2DpPE1UYk9ujuQj%2BppKeV1szGmh%2BCoiTnKcBqDo5ZA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoojSY%2B-jkZeQFXaVtZ4J%3D0YC2sER7bG3%3DhPRa2rD%3DqAnw%40mail.gmail.com.
