Originally Posted by
YariGuy
And it seems like a big stumbling block in the negotiations have been overcome -- seems like new flights from the China side won't be crossing Russian airspace, taking away the excuse to whine from the US airlines. Operationally, I'm not sure what this means for US destinations in the midwest (O'Hare) or east coast. Higher fuel costs for sure, but can they even fly without refueling?
CA has been flying to and from JFK without going through Russian air space (using slots added last fall).
Its IAD flight has an LAX stop westbound though, even though it's shorter than JFK-PEK, so I'm guessing they're taking a weight penalty from New York.