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Old 3rd June 2014 | 21:51
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Juliet has it right.
180 minute ETOPS will get you pretty much anywhere in the world (at least that has a reasonable airport ), but the routing may not be optimal. 330 minute ETOPS allows optimal routing for all but a handful of potential south pole Antarctic routes.
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