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Old Feb 28, 2019 | 3:52 am
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Originally Posted by noFODplease
Why is Thai unable to re-route its aircraft to reach Europe? Is a detour over Chinese airspace not permitted?
Seems they didn't have permission for Chinese airspace:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=30829989&postcount=44

EDIT: Note also that there is little to no flying over the Tibetan Plateau, so it's a rather bigger detour than one would initially think.
Last edited by etiene; Feb 28, 2019 at 3:55 am Reason: Additional info
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