Originally Posted by
Peachy Tree
I fly IND-ORD-PRG, and yes, the layovers are the main reasons. But flying IND-ORD- PVG, I have nice connections in ORD. Now my options to PVG is via SFO. I recall the flight from SFO-PVG is the same time as ORD-PVG. Plus I have a 4 hour flight to SFO and layover.
It's hard to see how that's possible with the direct distance being 900 miles more from ORD. With Russian airspace restriction, the difference in distance must be considerably more than that now.
edit: ORD-ANC-PVG (realistic with Russian airspace restriction) is about 1000 miles longer than SFO-PVG