Originally Posted by drivingflyingwalking

Would imagine the west and British wouldn't like it and they probably want to keep them on side?

Originally Posted by dw

Taking a look at some other CX routes, JFK, BOS and YYZ are all flying through Russian airspace, but indeed none of their European flights are.

Perhaps the North American routes are being done out of necessity, to avoid fuel stops.

Originally Posted by pochi

I guess it's more like CX is trying to avoid Russia because EU to Aussie is the main revenue of CX.