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Old Mar 13, 2023 | 2:54 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
There was also UA transiting DEL to connect LHR with HKG. Wasn’t that a route which was picked up from PanAm but routed that way for reasons beside aircraft range?
Yes, that was the PA RTW flight which United took over in the 1990s. It flew ORD-HKG-DEL-LHR-ORD with the new long(er) range B744. PA started out in the 70s with their new B747 like this:

http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...4/pa704-12.jpg


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