Originally Posted by
PinOnTheRight
If it was Mon-Friday, the D323 complex in the North Sea may have been active and as such, a direct route across towards Gothenburg wouldn't have been available. Options would be to route out over East Anglia and a sharp left turn up towards Copenhagen, or over Newcastle and then NE towards Gothenburg.
Fair point. I can't remember the exact details but it did look a very strange routing, even taking into account D323. That was just one example though; there were some other strange bendy routes taken by other flights over continental Europe.