[tz] [EXTERNAL] Re: Kazakhstan Airline Schedules

[brian.inglis at systematicsw.ab.ca]

My Google estimate was to the E (with the jetstream) NQZ but the flights I 
mentioned were to the W FRA from NQZ, and those times were from Google.

Airline estimated flight times are often optimistic and Google details have 
comments like "often delayed 30+ minutes".
Google can suck up data from airlines and sites like FlightAware to aggregate 
the actual times most passengers would experience.
It's another resource for buyers to check before booking flights, like 
FlightAware, allowing you to check which route your plane will take to get to 
you, and the likelihood of that affecting your flight.

On 2024-04-14 12:59, Owen Leibman wrote:
> Flight was NQZ (GMT+5) to FRA (GMT+2), not vice versa. Estimated flight time
> 7 hours 35 minutes (prevailing winds accounting for the difference?), with a
> 3 hour time difference, so depart 4:20, arrive 8:55 (4:20+7:35-3:00). At
> least that's what one of the deleted attachments says.
> On Sunday, April 14, 2024 10:48 AM, Brian Inglis via tz wrote:
>> On 2024-04-14 10:13, Owen Leibman via tz wrote:
>>> I'm sending an update for your friends on time zones and flights. I booked a
>>> flight in February to Frankfurt leaving this Wednesday. United says the
>>> flight departs 4:20 a.m., but Lufthansa sent me an email saying I could check
>>> in for my flight which leaves at 3:20 a.m. Yet another Lufthansa check-in
>>> screen and the boarding pass says it leaves at 4:20. Meanwhile FlightAware
>>> claims the flight is not leaving till 5:20 a.m. All have the same arrival
>>> time of 9 a.m. Nursultan airport website does not list the flight yet. I will
>>> let you know which one proves to be right! I think it's 4:20.

>> Google estimates FRA Frankfurt am Main to NQZ Nursulatan Nazarbayev, Astana
>> takes 6:45 direct, flights are 7:05W/8:10E, so arrival at 09:00 would require
>> departure around 23:50/-1, unless there are stops!
>> 
>> One flight leaving at 04:20 arriving 08:50/+1 takes 31:30 with 19:25 stop in
>> Dubai, costs 5* as much, emits 6* the CO2, flying ~33% longer, than the cheapest
>> and most efficient, which has a 17:55 stop in Warsaw!

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