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Originally Posted by STeeLy
I found the flight path of my flight from YYZ to HKG a bit odd.
It went north from YYZ (which makes sense), but instead of heading over the the Canadian Arctic and then down the coastline of Asia. It flew close to Greenland, over Siberia and down over Mongolia through China and into HKG.
Going through the arctic circle with ice covered ocean looked pretty cool though.
Also saw a set of vapour trails on a lower flight level. We caught up to it and it was another flight from the same airline... then we passed it.
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What type of aircraft was it (I'm assuming AC)? If it was only a twin engine the most direct route may have been modified to keep it in accordance with the airlines ETOPS regulations. So it could only be a certain time period away from an alternate airfield if it was flying on one engine.
Or if ETOPS didn't come into play they may have been taking advantage of more favourable winds with the routing.