Saudi Arabia Permits Air India to Overfly to Israel
Mar 11, 2018, 10:48 am
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Visually, it does look as the route over KSA is shorter especially as the aircraft doesnt have to dodge countries like Iran. Compare CX675 to how TK flies to IST.
Mar 12, 2018, 1:17 am
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Visually perhaps, but if you check flight times by segment they come up to be similar. Don't undestand why.
Mar 12, 2018, 2:52 am
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the route for HKG-IST you have shown actually flies over Turkmenistan rather than over Iran. The issue is with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mar 13, 2018, 8:33 am
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Mar 13, 2018, 11:28 pm
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Because the earth is round... This is the tool to use: Great Circle Mapper.
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Mar 16, 2018, 5:13 am
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I sure hope so. I need a better way to redeem *A points to Asia. There's almost never any availability on CX with AA miles either so can't use those.
Mar 18, 2018, 7:37 am
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Mar 22, 2018, 7:34 am
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Inaugural flight path
https://twitter.com/DanWilliams/status/976813631630389248?s=19
According to FlightRadar24, Air Indias maiden flight to Tel Aviv, which took off an hour ago, will only scrape the top of Saudi territory - having first overflown Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. https://t.co/sNaLyOtEEr
According to FlightRadar24, Air Indias maiden flight to Tel Aviv, which took off an hour ago, will only scrape the top of Saudi territory - having first overflown Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. https://t.co/sNaLyOtEEr
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Mar 22, 2018, 7:47 am
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https://twitter.com/DanWilliams/status/976813631630389248?s=19
According to FlightRadar24, Air Indias maiden flight to Tel Aviv, which took off an hour ago, will only scrape the top of Saudi territory - having first overflown Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. https://t.co/sNaLyOtEEr
According to FlightRadar24, Air Indias maiden flight to Tel Aviv, which took off an hour ago, will only scrape the top of Saudi territory - having first overflown Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. https://t.co/sNaLyOtEEr
Let see how it will fly before reaching any conclusion.
For sure it will not fly over those countries.
Mar 22, 2018, 8:46 am
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Its not flying over Pakistan,Afghanistan,Iran, Iraq for sure ..
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AIC139
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AIC139
Mar 22, 2018, 10:10 am
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I haven't posted on FT in many years... but today is indeed historic. Looks like others are following AI139 live as well (unfortunately as pointed out, VT-ANX appears to be observing radio silence).
Haha, the problem there is not Israel. You know Thailand and Saudi don't have good relations, right? No flights to RUH/JED from all time tourism favourite BKK, can you imagine? Look up the "Blue Diamond Affair".
Haha, the problem there is not Israel. You know Thailand and Saudi don't have good relations, right? No flights to RUH/JED from all time tourism favourite BKK, can you imagine? Look up the "Blue Diamond Affair".