Yea, For the NYC flights, you fly over the north pole and come back down, I don't think that they could have made it without a refuel, depending on the equipment. -- Philip Harris (Филипп Харрис) [email protected] USA: +1 (281) 557-6159 | Россия: +7 (926) 677-08-41 http://www.philipdharris.me/
Please consider the environment before printing this email. On Apr 22, 2010, at 4:38 PM, Mikesell, John L. wrote: > > Great idea -- if you can't fly west, then fly east. An excellent Russian > solution. But I'm wondering -- why wouldn't it have worked also for going to > NYC? Would they have run out of fuel over Nebraska or is there something > else? > > John (formerly of Moscow) > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:19:43 +0000 > From: Anthony Crawford <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Expat List flying out of Russia? > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" > > > Raffi, > > > > Our friends at Aeroflot have come up with a good solution. They have > re-routed the flight path of the direct Moscow to Los Angeles flight to avoid > the ash. Lately, it has been flying from Moscow East to Alaska, then down the > Pacific Coast to Los Angeles. This adds about 1.5 hours to the regular flight > time of 12 hours (which normally flies over the North Atlantic, Greenland and > Canada), but as a result, it has kept people moving between the US and > Russia. Good job Aeroflot! > > > > (if I could just convince them to add a regular flight to Anchorage, I'd be > super happy). > > > > Regards, > > > > Tony the Alaskan (but for the last 10+ years in Russia) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
