Originally posted by NS
Just got back from a VS018 EWR-LHR (daytime flight), with a flight time of 5:36. We had a 213 KM/h tail wind at one stage.
What's the quickest you've experienced and on what trans-atlantic route?
VS004 Wednesday last week JFK-LHR flight time 5hrs 25mins. In fact, so quick that we were trundled off the gate to sit in a dull part of JFK until after 7 pm so that we wouldn't arrive before the 6am landing limitation at Heathrow. Second time this has happened to me, I have a view that the VS004 at 6pm departure from JFK is a little too early considering all these things.
Back in the 90s I remember a SFO-LHR in 8hrs 10 mins, very fast tailwinds all the way!