BrialaA lot of people are discovering the problem of the middle east (Dubai, et al) being a choke-point for air-travel.
I've been telling Aussies for years that it's not any longer to Europe via South Korea or Japan. The world is a globe, y'all.
PetraPandaTell that to flatearthers 😁
@PetraPanda I feel that flat-earthers getting stuck in Dubai is Not That Great A Problem. :)
@static
I flew to Europe via Seoul a few years ago.
After boarding the plane we sat on the tarmac for 2 hours, then were escorted by two fighter jets to a small town in southern Germany, where they set up camp beds for us all...
50-odd hours after boarding that plane in Korea I arrived at my destination.
So I'm a little ambivalent when it comes to flying via Korea.
Tokyo would be an option. I have family there.
#Nextime
I flew to Europe via Seoul a few years ago.
After boarding the plane we sat on the tarmac for 2 hours, then were escorted by two fighter jets to a small town in southern Germany, where they set up camp beds for us all...
50-odd hours after boarding that plane in Korea I arrived at my destination.
So I'm a little ambivalent when it comes to flying via Korea.
Tokyo would be an option. I have family there.
#Nextime
@PetraPanda Oh wow... that sounds like an unwanted adventure. I'm sorry that happened to you.
I haven't flown to Europe, but I have flown to the US (specifically New York) via Seoul. Apart from a small issue in Sydney, it all went very smoothly.
@static
Oh I'm not concerned. It was just a very rare and unusual circumstance. Funny in a way in hindsight. The gmfughtervjet pilots were ready to shoot us down had the pilot of the 747-400 not responded in kind to visual stimuli (all voice and data comms had broken down entirely).
So I have a yarn to tell around the camp fire.
Oh I'm not concerned. It was just a very rare and unusual circumstance. Funny in a way in hindsight. The gmfughtervjet pilots were ready to shoot us down had the pilot of the 747-400 not responded in kind to visual stimuli (all voice and data comms had broken down entirely).
So I have a yarn to tell around the camp fire.
TeflonTrout 
he/himbeats going through Manas
Kyrgyzstan is beautiful and I do love the cold, but -30f is pushing it
also whatever unit was in those barracks before us was on their way home if the mounds of freshly shaved pubes were any indication
Noel KellyThen I flew to London in 1999, the stop-over was Singapore.
Deborah Pickett@static It’s interesting to see that the flights between Japan and Europe both fly east to take advantage of the jet stream. The NRT→AMS route https://www.flightpaths.com/NRT-AMS over Canada is much the same length as the AMS→NRT route https://www.flightpaths.com/AMS-NRT over the Caucasus. Edit: missed word
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