Red-eye Flight - Examples

Examples

• Asia. All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines used to operate red-eye flights from Hong Kong to Tokyo's Haneda, but they have changed to daytime flight since 2010. For Japanese red-eye flights, Cathay Pacific operates one each to Tokyo Narita and Osaka. Asiana, Korean Air as well as Cathay Pacific operate red-eye flights from Hong Kong to Incheon near Seoul as well as Busan by Asiana and Dragonair. Cathay Pacific also operates such flights from Hong Kong to Australia such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns and recently to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, while have red-eye service from Jakarta to Hong Kong, and many flights from Southeast Asia to Japan and Korea. All depart during evenings or around midnights, and land at the destinations in the early morning. Flights that leave India and Southwest Asia at night between 11 P.M. and 1 A.M. arrive in Singapore, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur between 5 A.M. and 8:30 A.M. Philippine Airlines also operates red-eye flights from Singapore and Bangkok back to Manila. That airline, along with Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines have regular late-night flights from Manila to Seoul. In addition, both Asiana's and Korean Air's return flights from Kota Kinabalu depart at around midnight Malaysian time and arrive at Incheon by 0700 hours Korean time for the convenience of Malaysian tourists, who are then able to commence sightseeing immediately. In addition, Japanese and Korean air carriers always have flights from Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Singapore to Northeast Asian destinations like Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, and Busan
• Australia. 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 South-East Asia.
• Brazil. TAM Airlines and Gol Transportes Aéreos both offer red-eye flights, called Big Owl (Portuguese: Corujão) flights in Brazil, with over fifty different routes throughout Brazil, all departing between 10 pm and 6 am.
• Europe. A few overnight flights from Europe to the Middle East and to Russia were being operated in 2009, all of which had a flight time of three to six hours and departed in mid-evening, arriving around dawn the next day. In 2012, multiple travel agencies offer budget nightflights from the Canary Islands to the mainland of Europe, also generally having a three to six hour flight time.
• Russia. Russian airlines operate similar to U.S. airlines by connecting Moscow to Yakutsk, Irkutsk, and Vladivostok with overnight red-eye flights. Russian transcontinental flights only last 5 to 8 hours but due to the northerly latitude the flights can cross as many as 8 time zones during this interval, drastically shortening the overnight experience. The flights depart Moscow around 6 pm and arrive at 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 23:05 Moscow time and arriving 15:00 Magadan time on next day (flight lasts 8 hours, and so is time difference).
• United States and Canada. Red-eye flights connect West Coast cities to Central and East Coast cities. These typically depart the west coast around 10pm to 12am local, have a flight time of 3–5 hours but lose two to three hours due to time zone changes, and arrive around 5 am- 7am. Red-eye flights also connect Hawaii and Alaska with West Coast mainland cities.