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Old Apr 15, 2018, 7:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Repooc17
Most of its TPAC flights use the Russian airspace, since the polar route is the most efficient in terms of distance.
Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
Upper atmosphere winds, jet stream is usually the cause not to fly great circle routing.
Hence my comment about westbound flights
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