Why don’t planes cross the Atlantic during the day? … See more

The real money is in the arrival time
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Most business travelers don’t want to lose an entire day traveling. They prefer to depart from America in the afternoon or evening, sleep during the flight, and land in Europe early in the morning.

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For example, a flight that takes off from New York at 8 p.m. can arrive in London around 8 a.m. the following day. This allows passengers to go directly to meetings, conferences, connections, or work activities without wasting valuable time.

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Now imagine the opposite: taking off during the day and landing at night in Europe. The passenger would have to pay for a hotel immediately, sleep disoriented by the time change, and lose part of the next day recovering from fatigue.

For airlines, this makes the flight much less attractive to their most profitable customers.