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Example - Ethiopian Airlines flies from Dublin to Los Angeles. Dublin is, I believe, a "fuel stop" since the flight originates in Ethiopia.
by CalRobert 7y ago
Example - Ethiopian Airlines flies from Dublin to Los Angeles. Dublin is, I believe, a "fuel stop" since the flight originates in Ethiopia.
- londons_explore 7y agoTo those wondering, Dublin is on the straight line path from Ethiopia to LA.
- tatersolid 7y agoWell, technically, Dublin is on or near the Great Circle route from Ethiopia to LA.
- StavrosK 7y agoWhich is the straight line path on a sphere.
- jaclaz 7y agoWhich is called orthodromic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle as opposed to loxodromic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxodromic_navigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loxodromic_navigation
- benj111 7y agoHere's a graphic http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ADD-LAX http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ADD-LAX I have to say its still unintuitive, I need a globe :/
- jaclaz 7y agoYep, but you have to compare it with this one: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ADD-DUB-LAX http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=ADD-DUB-LAX to see how close Dublin is to the theorical route you just posted.
- benj111 7y agoI just assumed that most people would know that Dublin was on the blob, just off the coast of the slightly larger blob, just off the coast of (mainland) Europe. Which on the scales involved, is close enough.
- joezydeco 7y agoAnother example is Air India flying Chicago to Frankfurt Germany.
- raverbashing 7y agoYes it's one example. Though that ORD-DEL flight seems to be operated directly now To be more exact (if not pedantic) the 5th freedom would apply if Air India could sell tickets and take passengers only for the ORD-FRA and FRA-ORD legs and Frankfurt is not merely a fuel stop.
- joezydeco 7y agoThey can and they do book ORD-FRA/FRA-ORD. My family has flown this route before.