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ChasingCars
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They probably take different flight paths.
When i travelled last year, the trip home was an hour longer.
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Live Just To Die
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Time differences between countries.
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Cabrio
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The longer flight time is because that flight will be flying into the wind (travel slower) and/or different route to avoid weather.
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8:31 pm on Mar. 6, 2010 | Joined: Sep. 2007 | Days Active: 670
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JennyColada
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Quote: from Live Just To Die at 5:41 am on Mar. 6, 2010
 Time differences between countries.
Probably this, although Cabrio's answer could be the one as well.
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Cabrio
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Dispatchers don't take into account time zones when they block out flights, they look at weather conditions along the route and change the flight path accordingly (can make the mileage shorter or longer.) A computer usually calculates the distance between two cities along the path then takes into account the cruise speed of the aircraft being used, and if the weather will affect the cruise speed (99% of the time it does,) the computer will change the "estimated flight time" found on websites, tickets, etc.
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JennyColada
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The time that the flight will land is always done in the time zone that they are landing in, so I'm a little confused about what you mean that "dispatchers don't take into account time zones when they block out flights".
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checkeredflag22
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No usually when I fly to GR it's 9 hours to go and 10.5 hours to come back to NY- reason being that when you are flying back you are flying against the wind current so they fly slower!
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