Glossary
Red-Eye Flight
Definition: A red-eye flight is an overnight flight that departs late at night and arrives early the next morning, named for the tired, red eyes of passengers who have difficulty sleeping during the flight.
Red-eye flights are common on transcontinental domestic routes (e.g., Los Angeles to New York) and some international routes. They depart typically between 9pm and 1am, arriving at the destination between 5am and 9am the following morning.
Red-eye flights are popular with business travellers because they maximise productive time: you work a full day, fly overnight, and arrive the next morning ready for meetings (in theory). They also tend to be cheaper than daytime flights on the same route.
In business class, red-eye flights become much more manageable thanks to lie-flat seats. Being able to sleep horizontally for even 4–5 hours on a domestic red-eye means arriving significantly more rested than in economy. For transatlantic red-eyes, business class lie-flat seats are virtually essential for arriving ready to work. BookMyBusinessClass consolidator fares make business class red-eyes accessible at competitive prices.