When flying from Australia to Canada, wouldn't it be closer in terms of distance (looking at a map) to fly in an easterly direction, than the more commonly taken western route via
Regional Aviation College Tanzania - #DidYouKnow We can use the duration of a flight route to roughly determine the distance between two locations. Then, we can use this to determine which model
When going from the USA to Australia why do flights take such a long route across all the countries? Why not go the other way round? - Quora
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