Originally Posted by
jsloan
You would solve the Russian airspace problem by not overflying Russia. EWR-ADK-HKG is 8574 statute miles, only about 500 miles longer than the nonstop. ORD-ADK-KHG is 8143 statute miles, only about 350 more than the nonstop. Both of those routes avoid Kamchatka as well as North Korea.
Or, if people are going to connect anyway, you connect at NRT, which is a much, much better experience than connecting at SFO and is hundreds of miles shorter to boot.
Adding a bunch of transcontinental flights to SFO to connect the few travelers who happen to want to go to HKG, just so that you can support 2x SFO-HKG, is a solution in search of a problem.
Has ADK ever been used as a refueling stop?
Didn't UA say something about their desire to go back to 2x daily from SFO last year or even in 2020 given their investments in HKG?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't take off and landing the most fuel-intensive and also the most dangerous in terms of safety?
Originally Posted by
smxflyer
Doh! Can I take a RAT with those online services similar to when we needed them to enter the US earlier this year? I think it was only $20 and they only checked at the airport. Nobody from CBP even checked when I landed at SFO.