Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
AKL-BKK-LGW/LHR would be perfect LOL. BKK is almost exactly half way to London, although the further north the shorter the overall distance:
Russian and Ukrainian airspace does screw things up. Some carriers now have to load more crew on to deal with the diversion. Via Asia consumes huge amounts of crew time. However, SQ is short of aircraft and they would welcome NZ on the route but it would require the JV to be extended to Air NZ by the UK Government - not something that can be done quickly or cheaply.