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HEATHROW DIRECTOR
I doubt there is anything "strange" about the routes - some direct routes cleared by ATC?
Some of the routes were anything but direct, that's what looked strange about them
They would fly from Doncaster up to Newcastle which is nearly at a right angle to Gothenburg. The recent routes taken from Liverpool to Gothenburg are a bit more normal - flights from Scandinavia to Manchester often head across the North Sea to here and then take a left turn south.