Originally Posted by
jiaotze
FWIW, I flew 883 about a week ago and it was a 74A. No fuel stop.
However, we did take the most western routing I have ever seen on that flight. Usually the flight path arks around Alaska and comes down over Japan and past Taiwan into Hong Kong. On this flight, the path was pushed all the way over to west of Beijing and then southward through central China into Hong Kong.
Was it less bumpy using that very northern route ?