Originally Posted by Buster Cherry
Lee, good point made but I have a feeling the Aircraft/ Carrier may not have the approved ETOPS rule to fly over the north pole or thereabouts . Haven`t any specifics to hand,but I suspect a lack of Adequate/Suitible alternates within 180 mins (if this is the rule).
The carrier will not waste fuel / time if a more economical routeing is availible. (i.e overfly costings/ fuel etc)
Hope this helps.
Buster
(Forgot to mention, There is a possibiliy of the lack of airways/ ATC for a great deal of the distance required to fly this routeing to achieve a realistic/safe flight for passenger carrage at this moment in time.)
ETOPS? For a quad like the A345?