What airline will be the first to fly JFK - SVO again?
May 19, 23, 12:47 pm
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Well, barring an immediate outbreak of "Taiwan SMO" - I'd expect a Chinese airline to be the first.
Chinese airlines are apparently raking it in because they aren't blocked from Russian airspace like G7 airlines are: https://www.yahoo.com/now/airlines-c...100138577.html
Turkish airlines is also raking it in - people trying to get to Russia from the US without a "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" scenario are going via Istanbul. Those flights are crazy expensive and also full. That said, Turkish Airlines/Turkey isn't missing any tricks with their "free tour of Istanbul" and "up to 2 free nights of hotel" for people transiting IST.
Chinese airlines are apparently raking it in because they aren't blocked from Russian airspace like G7 airlines are: https://www.yahoo.com/now/airlines-c...100138577.html
Turkish airlines is also raking it in - people trying to get to Russia from the US without a "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" scenario are going via Istanbul. Those flights are crazy expensive and also full. That said, Turkish Airlines/Turkey isn't missing any tricks with their "free tour of Istanbul" and "up to 2 free nights of hotel" for people transiting IST.
May 19, 23, 12:51 pm
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I was absolutely serious.
An aircraft approaching Russia's borders would most definitely not be an act of war. An aircraft crossing Russia's borders might be an act of war (assuming it was done intentionally).
See here: An In-Depth Analysis of how Serbs Were Able to Shoot Down An F-117 Stealth Fighter during Operation Allied Force - The Aviation Geek Club
An aircraft approaching Russia's borders would most definitely not be an act of war. An aircraft crossing Russia's borders might be an act of war (assuming it was done intentionally).
See here: An In-Depth Analysis of how Serbs Were Able to Shoot Down An F-117 Stealth Fighter during Operation Allied Force - The Aviation Geek Club
The US has admitted to flying hundreds of "radar spotlighting" missions against the Soviet Union - flights which were either very close or over the "border". The purpose is to identify locations of radars - and this is entirely an offensive type of activity.
As for the writeup: it is decent but a paraphrasing (and some significant hagiography).
I read an interview of the actual Serb commander of the battery that shot down the F117 - it boiled down to: I knew what was going to be attacked and I knew how the attacking plane would come in. So I set up and was ready.
