Originally Posted by
Delta1067
The majority, 85%, of the international flights that I do depart mid afternoon. Thanks for asking
Almost all of DL Europe/SA flights depart early afternoon-evening time frame. A few (late London/Paris) leave around 2300. I think the 15% he's referring to are the few ATL-far east.
For the Europe flights, it generally means afternoon departure, land 0100-0400 on your body. 24 hour layover. Return from Europe is a bus time 0700-1100L (5-8 hour time difference, you do the math). Usually more tired on the return than the trip over.
SA flights are more completely on the back side of the clock.