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It's done routinely, but Air India just started to do this on a long-haul route and are publicizing it.
by idlewords 10y ago
It's done routinely, but Air India just started to do this on a long-haul route and are publicizing it.
- Someone 10y agoFor example, over the Atlantic, there is a highly formalized system for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Tracks#Route_planning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Tracks#Route_pl...: "these routes […] are aligned in such a way as to minimize any head winds and maximize tail winds impact on the aircraft. This results in much more efficiency by reducing fuel burn and flight time. To make such efficiencies possible, the routes are created twice daily to take account of the shifting of the winds" Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Tracks#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Tracks#History system, that system's history goes back to 1898 (for shipping), but it definitely became structured starting in 1965. So yes, the idea isn't new.