Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
Of course this map is stylised, actual flight path may vary.
For instance the inaugural SIN-EWR flew to the west of (not over) the Philippines, east of (not over) Japan, south of Kamchatya and flew over Toronto. Whereas the inaugural EWR-SIN flew over Hong Kong having made a turn left (towards east) over Mongolia.
I may be wrong. I thought the captain said that from SIN-EWR we flew over Tokyo then slightly south of Anchorage, Alaska then crossing the great Canada.