Thanks to especially strong jet streams, transatlantic passengers over the past several weeks have been graced with strikingly efficient flights, according to Wired. Norwegian Air’s Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner beat the speed record for subsonic transatlantic flights Friday when it traveled from New York to London in 5 hours and 13 minutes. The day before, another Norwegian Air flight had hit 779 mph at one point in its trip, more than 200 mph faster than normal cruising speed. The high winds making such expedient travel possible is forecasted to last for another several days. For the past week, airlines have been delivering the impossible: arriving early.
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