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Looks like United Airlines used to have an SFO-Delhi flight, last ran 15 months ago... UA867: https://www.flightera.net/en/flight/United+Airlines-San+Francisco

Looks like United Airlines used to have an SFO-Delhi flight, last ran 15 months ago... UA867: https://www.flightera.net/en/flight/United+Airlines-San+Francisco-Delhi/UA867 https://www.flightera.net/en/flight/United+Airlines-San+Fran... It would need quite a diversion to avoid russian airspace: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del Newark-Mumbai by United also cancelled: https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/united-airlines-suspends-flights-india https://www.indianeagle.com/travelbeats/united-airlines-susp...

zokier 3y ago
> It would need quite a diversion to avoid russian airspace: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del sfo-cts-del is 9.9% longer according to that website, that doesn't seem that much especially if its just cruising.
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  They were flying 787-9s, which per Wikipedia have a 7630 nautical mile range, longest of any 787 variant. Direct its 6700 nautical miles but with that routing it’s 7360. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-Cts-del&MS=wls&DU=nm http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-Cts-del&MS=wls&DU=nm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner Add some winds, takeoffs/landings in the “wrong direction”, weather diversions and it probably needs a tech stop in at least one direction to do that routing. Maybe both. 777-200LR could do it easily, but United doesn’t operate any, and few others do https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_777_orders_and_deliveries https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_777_orders_an... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777
  - zokier 3y ago
    > 777-200LR could do it easily, but United doesn’t operate any, and few others do Well, of course the Air India plane where this discussion started was one of those 777s
    - Scoundreller 3y ago
      United and Air India should trade aircraft ;)

zokier 3y ago

> It would need quite a diversion to avoid russian airspace: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-del sfo-cts-del is 9.9% longer according to that website, that doesn't seem that much especially if its just cruising.

Scoundreller 3y ago
They were flying 787-9s, which per Wikipedia have a 7630 nautical mile range, longest of any 787 variant. Direct its 6700 nautical miles but with that routing it’s 7360. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-Cts-del&MS=wls&DU=nm http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=sfo-Cts-del&MS=wls&DU=nm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner Add some winds, takeoffs/landings in the “wrong direction”, weather diversions and it probably needs a tech stop in at least one direction to do that routing. Maybe both. 777-200LR could do it easily, but United doesn’t operate any, and few others do https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_777_orders_and_deliveries https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_777_orders_an... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_777
- zokier 3y ago
  > 777-200LR could do it easily, but United doesn’t operate any, and few others do Well, of course the Air India plane where this discussion started was one of those 777s
  - Scoundreller 3y ago
    United and Air India should trade aircraft ;)