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When traveling westbound across the Pacific, planes generally have headwinds that slow the speed of the aircraft. When traveling eastbound, planes can utilize a tailwind as well as the jetstream to travel faster and reach the destination in less time.

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in time zones it is shorter but the reason why is because you are flying west and that means that the time is earlier

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