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26-593: Night Flight or Nightflight may refer to: a flight during the night, see red-eye flight Music [ edit ] Night Flight (Justin Hayward album) , 1980 Night Flight (Gil Fuller album) , 1965 Night Flight, Op. 19 , a 1964 tone poem by Samuel Barber Nightflight (Gábor Szabó album) , 1976 Nightflight (Budgie album) , 1981 Nightflight (Fenton Robinson album) , 1984 Nightflight (Kate Miller-Heidke album) , 2012 "Night Flight" (song) ,

52-491: A 1975 Led Zeppelin song Other [ edit ] Night Flight (novel) , a 1931 novel by Antoine de Saint Exupéry Night Flight (1933 film) , starring Clark Gable, based on the novel Night Flight (2014 film) , a South Korean film Night Flight (TV series) , a television program on the USA Network, first airing in 1981 Night Flight (night club) , a Moscow strip club Nightflight (Transformers) ,

78-537: A 1978 song by The Walker Brothers Night rating , which permits a pilot to fly at night Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Night Flight . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Night_Flight&oldid=1240260480 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

104-504: A flat position, enabling normal sleep. One definition of a red-eye flight is one that is too short to allow a full night's sleep. An example would be those flights from Los Angeles to New York City —about five hours' flying time—that depart between 2100 and 0100 Pacific time , and arrive between 0500 and 0900 Eastern time . From Taipei to the west coast of the US, EVA Air flies red eyes leaving at 10 am or 10 pm and arriving at 7 am or 7 pm

130-487: A government aviation regulator such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration . In some countries, airport operators are appointed as coordinators even though they are interested parties. Slots are allocated in accordance with guidelines set down by the Worldwide Airport Slot Board with 7 members each from International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airport Council International (ACI) and

156-636: A member of the Micromasters Night Flight (radio broadcasting) , a former radio broadcasting series on BFBS Germany by Alan Bangs from 1975 to 1989 Nachtflug (radio broadcasting) , a former German radio broadcasting series on 1Live by Alan Bangs in 1995 Nightflight (radio broadcasting) , a former German radio broadcasting series on DRadio Wissen by Alan Bangs from 2010 to 2013 See also [ edit ] Volo di notte ( Night Flight ), an opera adaptation of Saint Exupéry's book by Luigi Dallapiccola "Nite Flights" (song) ,

182-470: A pair of take-off and landing slots at Heathrow Airport was $ 75m, paid by Oman Air to Air France–KLM for a prized early morning arrival, reported in February 2016. A year before, American Airlines paid $ 60m to Scandinavian Airlines . As supply is limited, slot trading became the main solution to enter Heathrow and transfers grew from 42 in 2000 to 526 in 2012 and over 10 years the average priced slot

208-538: Is Copa Airlines , which operates several red-eye flights to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and several other destinations within Latin America. Red-eye flights to Europe were once meant to apply exclusively to the morning arrivals of transatlantic flights from the American East Coast to Western Europe. Such traffic now comprises the busiest of the long-haul air routes. The first of these flights, from

234-404: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Red-eye flight The term derives from red eyes as a symptom of fatigue . For the airline, overnight flights will enable more use of aircraft that would otherwise be idle at night. For airports, it may be rational to divert the stream of passengers away from peak hours. In major airports,

260-658: Is not mandatory, but reduces congestion and non-participants are penalized if the airport must later be designated level 3. As of the summer 2022 scheduled season, a total of 156 airports in the world are Level 2 airports, and 195 are Level 3 airports. If an airline does not use an allocation of slots (typically 80% usage over six months), it can lose the rights. Airlines may operate ghost or empty flights to preserve slot allocations. To avoid pollution and financial losses caused by an excessive number of empty flights, these rules have occasionally been waived during periods of temporary but widespread travel disruption, including after

286-562: Is of three to five hours, with typical departure around midnight, and arrival around dawn the next day. Most airlines from the Middle East and Asia operate red-eye services from major Western European destinations. One example is London Heathrow, where the last departures - leaving between 22.30 and 23.00 - are eastbound medium-haul services to destinations such as Tel Aviv. Also, long-haul services depart Europe and arrive in Asia at practically

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312-905: The September 11, 2001 attacks and during the SARS epidemic , the Great Recession , and the COVID-19 pandemic . Maintenance of the rules forces airlines to schedule extra unnecessary flights to keep their slots, wasting fuel; a 2021 expiration of a waiver in the United States was projected to cause 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per day. Allocated landing slots may have a commercial value and can be traded between airlines. In 2008 Continental Airlines paid US$ 209 million for four pairs of landing slots from GB Airways at London Heathrow Airport, $ 52.3m each. The highest price paid for

338-454: The Night includes a red-eye flight in its central premise. Airport slot A landing slot , takeoff slot , or airport slot is a permission granted by a slot coordinator to use the infrastructure of an airport designated as Level 3 (Coordinated Airport) for take-off and/or landing at a specific time and date. Slots should be administered by an independent slot coordinator, often

364-428: The US, there are flights departing between midnight and 2am, headed towards East Asian destinations such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong and arriving between 5am and 7am. Films involving red-eye flights include Airport 1975 (1974), Airplane! (1980), The Langoliers (1995), Turbulence (1997), Red Eye (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and Non-Stop (2014). The 2020 TV series Into

390-511: The Worldwide Airport Coordinator Group (WWACG). All airports worldwide are categorized as either Level 1 (Non-Coordinated Airport), Level 2 (Schedules Facilitated Airport), or Level 3 (Coordinated Airport). At Level 2 airports, the principles governing slot allocation are less stringent; airlines periodically submit proposed schedules to the administrating authority, rather than historic performance. Participation

416-473: The busiest destinations of New York and Washington D.C., will arrive at the major European airports at London Heathrow , Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, and Dublin between 0500 and 1200 local time (and when still subject to costly night-flying restrictions); and hence in increasing numbers and to and from a wide range of American/European destinations. Travelling from Europe, red-eye flights are scheduled out of Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, and Frankfurt. The flight time

442-420: The capacity for flight operations during daytime may be fully exhausted, and the price of airport slots may be higher at peak hours. For passengers, the benefits and disadvantages are more subjective. While overnight flights are often less expensive, many will perceive it difficult to arrive well-rested after a night flight, especially if it is at odd hours or too short to fit into a full night's sleep. However,

468-550: The eastern cities around 6   am the next day. One of the current examples of red-eye flight is Aeroflot 's SU783 from Moscow to Magadan , departing 11:05   pm Moscow time and arriving 2:00   pm Vladivostok Time on the next day, with a flight time of approximately eight hours. Many medium and long-haul flights to/from South Africa and Europe, other African destinations and the Middle East make use of red-eye flights and longitudinal advantages (similar time zones) so that passengers can arrive at their destinations early in

494-469: The flight departing Melbourne at 1   am and arriving in Wellington at 6   am. Another example would be Qantas flights from Los Angeles to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and flights from Dallas to Sydney), generally leaving 10   pm to 11   pm and arriving from 5   am to 8   am. While they do fly during the night - this is more a product of large time zone differences -

520-1019: The flights take around 15 hours (giving more time to sleep) and westward flight stretches out the local length of day and night. Furthermore, as the flight crosses the International Date Line , flights arrive roughly two days later in local time. LATAM Brasil , Azul Brazilian Airlines and Gol Transportes Aéreos all offer red-eye flights in Brazil , popularly known as "Big Owl," after a late-night film session broadcast by Rede Globo ( Portuguese : Corujão ), with over 50 different routes throughout Brazil, all departing between 10   pm and 6   am. Usually these flights originate in Brasília , Belo Horizonte , Campinas , Rio de Janeiro , Salvador , or São Paulo and are bound for Manaus , Belém , Porto Velho , Northeast Brazil , North America , Argentina , and Europe . Another example

546-471: The morning and benefit from minimal time zone changes due to South Africa's geographic position. This makes it an efficient and convenient way to travel between each area. Red-eye flights frequently connect West Coast cities to East Coast cities. These typically depart the West Coast between 9   pm and 1   am, and have a flight time of three to six hours but gain between two and four hours due to

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572-461: The morning. Red-eye flights also connect Hawaii or Alaska with West Coast mainland cities, departing from Honolulu between 10pm and midnight or Anchorage between midnight and 3am and arriving in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle between 5am and 7am. Flights from Tokyo to Honolulu are considered red-eye flights, as the flights are usually overnight flights that are six to seven hours. From

598-656: The same day. The majority of transcontinental flights are operated during the day, but as of 2010, red-eye flights operate from Perth to Sydney, Brisbane , Cairns , Canberra and Melbourne , and from Darwin to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Red-eye flights have previously operated from Australia to New Zealand and Fiji . Red-eye flights to Australia operate from various locations in Southeast Asia and North America, such as Scoot 's flights from Singapore to Gold Coast , Sydney, and Melbourne. Jetstar offers red-eye flights between Melbourne and Wellington with

624-472: The same time the next day (For example, leaving London at 2 pm and arriving at Hong Kong at 12 pm the next day.) Russian airlines operate similarly to U.S. airlines by connecting Moscow to Yakutsk , Irkutsk , and Vladivostok . They last five to eight hours but due to the northerly latitude the flights can cross as many as eight time zones during this interval, drastically enlarging the time difference. The flights depart Moscow around 6   pm and arrive at

650-575: The time difference, arriving on the East Coast between 5   am and 9   am. American Airlines , United Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Alaska Airlines , Air Canada , JetBlue , and other U.S. and Canadian carriers operate red-eye flights that depart from the West Coast at night from cities such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Francisco, and Seattle, among others, arriving in Boston, New York, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and other East Coast cities in

676-438: The traffic to and from the airport, as well as the airport experience may be less stressful at these hours. Some passengers may want to arrive early in a city and return the same day, saving on a night's accommodation, or enjoy one full day at the beginning or end of the trip. It has been claimed that red-eye flights are popular among business travelers who benefit from flying at night. Business class seats are often reclinable to

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