FLIGHT: Hong Kong > Los Angeles > New York

The A340-600 arrived in Los Angeles an hour in advance on its schedule after a peaceful and uneventful 13 hour flight from Hong Kong across the Pacific, including flying the approach to the US at 623 knots (1150 km/h) ground speed. The aircraft was greeted enthusiastically by the airport ground staff. It left again a few hours later to go to New York-JFK, manned by a crew from Virgin Atlantic Airways, the first customer to take delivery of the plane.