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Sep 22, 2022 | 5:25 pm

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aminozuur

Join Date: Mar 2016

Location: Amsterdam

Posts: 14

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Originally Posted by angetenar

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.

Thanks for chipping in. Hm. I'm not sure if the fastest AMS-BKK route is through Russia. I've been on this route many times.

I just checked and the direct flight from EVA Air is 11 hours. The last time I took this direct EVA flight, I remember it was 12 hours. So flight duration doesn't seem to be the explanation here, but I could be wrong.

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