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Old Sep 22, 2022, 8:04 am
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angetenar
 
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Also do consider the war in Ukraine and the suspension of Russian overflight; the great circle route for AMS-BKK passes over Russia, so routing around Russia adds to fuel costs. AMS-BKK great circle distance is 9217 km, and the cruise speed of a 787 is around 900 km/h, so that's ~10 hours on the shortest routing. For the actual flight route, you're adding 2 or 3 hours to that I'd guess.
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