Originally Posted by
N830MH
really?? Do you know when the Cold War is over? I don't remember which specific years is that. I think its restrictions over Russian airspace to continuation all the way to USA. Its will be shot down the entire Commercial aircraft. Because its could be very extremely dangerous when your planes is flying over Russian airspace restrictions.
there was an article:
> Flight EK215 will depart Dubai at 0820 and arrive in Los Angeles the same
> day at 1355. Return flight EK216 departs Los Angeles at 1645 to reach
> Dubai the next day at 1940.
>
> At 8,339 miles non-stop, this flight will be the longest in the Emirates’
> network. Flight times for Dubai-Los Angeles will be 15 hours 55 mins; Los
> Angeles-Dubai will be 16 hr 35 mins. This would suggest the flight will be
> routed over Japan and the Pacific rather than via northern Europe and the
> Pole.
if the flight went from dubai over japan (say figuratively tokyo then onwards to the lax, it'd be 10418 miles not 8339 as ek say it will be.
so it looks like the straight flight line is over the top of Greenland.
according to that article on businesstraveler.com the new sept 1 ek 215 goes via japan it crosses the
pacific and therefore it's RTW, but as the miles is given as 8339 my global
miles calculator shows it must be flying over Russia and the North Pole, so
maybe it's not RTW. or maybe it is?
what's the rules here? does it qualify or not for rtw?
I'd like some confirmation if I flew rtw mmostely with emirates say: del-dxb-jnb-dxb-lax-sfo-abq-den-ord-jax-jfk-dxb-del 30000. would this actually warrants RTW status?
or if the new dxb-lax flight flies in a straight line over the arctic ocean near the north pole more near the top of Greenland would that allow this above routing to qualify for RTW pricing and status?
it's two oceans, atlantic but not pacific, so I wonder if it qualifies or not?
rgds, a.k.a. Martin Law