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Old Jan 28, 2024 | 5:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Sigwx
Which most likely comes down to the ETOPS certification which is operator and type dependant. BA 787s are 180 mins. Pretty sure the JAL 787s and ANA 77Ws plying the route are 330 minutes, this allowed for a wider spread of alternates and makes routings less restrictive.
Yeah, difference in ETOPS certification could indeed explain it.

Air France, Finnair, Lufthansa, KLM also flew the northern route that day. Though one Lufthansa flight is a 747-8, so diversion range is less of an issue for that one. Swiss and SAS did not fly on the 19th.
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