To: FreedomCalls; Publius6961
There are no commercial routes that cross over the North Pole. Au contraire. Finnair has been flying the polar route to Tokyo since 1983. Since 2001 there are four new FAA-approved polar routes over Russia that now see considerable use on flights between the Eastern US and East, Central and South Asia. The route called Polar 2 goes directly over the North Pole.
Read POLAR ROUTES OFFER NEW OPPORTUNITIES from Boeing for more information.
-ccm
234 posted on
12/28/2003 2:04:31 PM PST by
ccmay
To: ccmay
I wasn't aware that those had been formally approved. I thought they were still "experimental" routes. But, if you say they are officially sanctioned, then count me as corrected.
If they are officially approved, do you know if they are actually in use by a scheduled commercial passenger flight?
235 posted on
12/28/2003 2:18:09 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: ccmay
Never mind. There is a lot of info at the link you gave. Thanks.
236 posted on
12/28/2003 2:20:26 PM PST by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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