Business Trip Plan (Apparent and actual flight times)

To plan a business trip within Australia under

• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth)

we need to be aware of the complexity in time zones and daylight savings. Australia is a big country. Different time zones apply in different states. And some states practice daylight savings while ohers do not. This means that often there is a difference between apparent and actual travel times. This planner conducts a snapshot (one randomly-chosen day) survey of flights between each capital city in Australia and then calculates the "apparent flight time" (AFT) by comparing real departure times and real arrival times and calculates "real flight time" (RFT) by comparing apparent departures times with real arrival times. It shows the complex zonal relationship between states. Australian corporate planning document.