JetairFly Punta Cana via Varadero - 14h flight ???????

DaPoels · Post by **DaPoels** » 15 Jan 2007, 14:49

Hello,

Can somebody explain why a flight (with the OO-TUC) to Punta Cana going via Varadero is taking over 14 hours ?
I just booked a holiday. You'll find the time-shedule hereunder :

BRU - PUNTA CANA via VARADERO : 06:00 - 14:15
PUNTA CANA - BRU : 15:45 - 06:50

Like you can see the flight back is a flight with "normal" 9 hours flight.

Last year we went to Puerta Plata (via Punta Cana) and we had 2 flight of +/- 10 hours.

Could someone tell me why a trip from BRU to Varadero takes 5 hours more than a trip from BRU to Punta Cana ? (I don't think Cuba is 5 hours away from the Domenican Republic)

Mirror · Post by **Mirror** » 15 Jan 2007, 16:40

Airplane stays at the ground for 1hour ,it takes a longer time to fly to varadero than to Punta cana and the flight varadero-punta cana also takes more than 2 hours (900 miles)

funki · Post by **funki** » 15 Jan 2007, 16:40

Hmm, I could think of several reasons...
BRU-VAR-PUJ is a triangular flight;
1. So you have to take into account the VAR-PUJ flight of +/- 1 hour (or more?)
2. You stay at least 1 hour on the ground in VAR for catering, refuelling, cleaning, checks, extra passengers, procedures etc... probably
3. Jet Stream + rotation of the Earth could easily ad 1 to 2 hours if you’re flying west.
See: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/questi ... number=607
So that would already be a total of 4 hours more.

I don't know if these are the actual reasons, but probably they are
Anyway have a nice trip