Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
Willy Wombat
Thats the standard route at the moment for a lot of carriers. With all the issues in Africa it must be making life difficult / busy for Egyptian ATC, as anything routing to Eastern Africa is going that way as well due to issues in Algeria and central Sahara areas.
Cheers
Mr Mac
Not only at the moment but generally. I've certainly been on Dubai to Heathrow in past years which routed over the Red Sea and Egypt.