I live in Hawaii and travel frequently to Thailand and other Asian countries. I can choose from five different airlines all departing within 2 hours of each other. The difference is 4 of them arrive at around midnight and one arrives at 4 PM. Trust me arriving in Bangkok at 4 PM as opposed to midnight is a huge difference.
Japan, United, and Northwest Airlines all depart an hour or two later and go through Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Korea Airlines goes through Seoul. All arrive at about midnight and then it takes another 2 hours to get through immigration and luggage.
I am not picking on these airlines it is just that their arrival times are very inconvenient. Only one airline arrives at a decent hour and only 2 days per week.
China Airlines has two flights per week that arrive while the sun is still out and I can plan to have dinner shortly after arrival. How do they do it?
First from Hawaii these flights are on Thursday and Sunday. They used to offer it on Tuesday also but it was recently changed.
Second China Airlines flies through Tao Yuan Airport (formerly Chiang Kai Shek Airport) and only has a 1 hour and ten minute...