Delays at KLIA tonight (8 AUG 06)

[Sanjay Thaker 0]

hey guys i juz noticed that several MH flights has been delayed...flights affected are those at around 11.55 pm depature onwards..including KUL-AMS and KUL-NGO and KUL-KIX .....quite unusual for something like this..any idea whats going on?

[Tony 1]

how long was the delay for?

 

i often experience 30 mins delay on KUL-SYD flights.

[KK Lee 5]

 

Standard flight time is longer than actual flight time to allow for delay (e.g. runway congestion, etc). Hence, on long haul, very often flight arrives either ahead of schedule or on time even after late departure.

 

Sometime, due to favourable tail wind (e.g. jet stream), to avoid arrival during airport curfew, flight is delay on departure.

 

Just my 2 cents.