Originally Posted by
treadigraph
Seems odd seeing a JAL 787 on a Dover departure. Presume avoiding Russian airspace.
JAL have been chopping and changing their routings for several weeks now.
The daily evening flight (JL044) almost always used to use a BPK departure, then changed in early March to UMLAT/ULTIB (i.e. northwards), then back again in mid-April to mostly BPK with the occasional DET/DVR. The less frequent afternoon flight (JL042) did much the same, except that it now seems to be mostly DET with just the odd BPK.