There can be significant variance in on-time performance for flights. That’s true between different airlines, and it’s even true between flights at the same airline. Along those lines, here’s an Etihad flight that must have among the worst on-time performance of any route I’ve ever seen.

Etihad’s Tokyo Narita is an average of 90+ minutes late

What can explain Etihad’s constant Tokyo Narita delays?

Bottom line

Etihad’s Tokyo Narita is an average of 90+ minutes late

Etihad operates a daily flight between Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Tokyo Narita (NRT), EY800, which is flown by an Airbus A380. The 5,035-mile flight is blocked at 10hr20min, and is scheduled to depart at 10:10PM and arrive at 1:30PM the following day, with both times being local.

Obviously block time is longer than actual flight time, and the flight time typically varies anywhere from 8hr43min to 10hr1min.…