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Did you compare to a local flight within the EU?

Rules about on-timed-ness and passenger compensation for delays mean that airlines now add buffers to their flight times, so most of the times it's "Wahey, we're early!", when they do experience delays they end up landing at the advertised landing time, saving them from those compensation payments.

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> Did you compare to a local flight within the EU?

No. Thanks for the explanation.

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Then again, it's not just a EU thing: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/airlines-are-padding-flight...

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I’m in New Zealander. Short flights (internal) are something you just rock up and get on to, and there is little messing about. They don’t even require ID.