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24 Hour Clock?
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for at least the last few years airlines have quoted times on th 24 hr cycle but in local time example uk-zakinthos- would be something like.. dept 07.00 arrive 12.45 and return would then be dept 13.00 arrive 15.00 time allow for the time diffrence between the two
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Sorry, that's not what I meant wizard!!! I thought the 24 hour clock was always used, as in your example. But I have tickets issued that say departing 6.30 p.m. arriving 10.30 p.m. (for example), and I have been reading on the complaints forum that ppl have mistakenly been booked on a 9.45 a.m. flight rather than the 9.45 p.m. that they wanted!!!

So what I wanted to know is, is this the norm now rather than saying 0945 and 2145 which would mean no mistakes on bookings would be made.
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Have you booked with an American carrier by chance? They don't use the 24 hour clock.
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It seems to be an American thing.
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No, no bookings are by US carriers. BA are using the 24 hour clock, Aerlingus the 12 hour (in this booking only) Spanair using 24hr clock, and Easyjet 24hr too.
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