Taking great care to avoid the rod that goes through from the north pole to the south that the globe spins around.
Our poor planet. We just dump carbon into it at ridiculous levels and act like it’s normal. How many people from San Fran really have to be in Dubai? Just ridiculously selfish and shortsighted.
Must be an older route or someone friendly with Russia. US and some other flights do not operate through Russian airspace.
Emirates is still flying over Russia
https://www.alternativeairlines.com/airlines-flying-over-russian-airspace
Yeah, Emirates might use this route. But US airlines would avoid Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and Syria, which forces then to fly much longer and approach over Iraq and across the Gulf.
Worth it to avoid getting MH17’d
Which airline is that? A lot of Western airlines are going out of their way to avoid flying over Russian airspace these days, adding hours to the flights.
