Moscow to Varadero flight Path.

[El Presidente]

The Moscow to Varadero flights are back on.  However due to imposed airspace bans from most Western countries, the flight path is an interesting and much longer one. 🛬

 

[fokker4me]

Wow that makes for one hell of a long flight out of something that was much shorter year and a half ago.

[Bagman]

6k miles, 15 hour flight aboard an american built boeing 777.   Hope their is no mechanical problems, Course I'm sure Cubans can show how them to jury-rig an american machine with random parts found on the island

[Duxnutz]

Curious where they decide to go if they pop an engine, have a medical or have a pressurisation problem exactly at the point where the aircraft is on the map. Maybe the Ruskies have their own version of ETOPs (EDTO). 
 

*ETOPs = Engines Turn or People Swim. 

[helix]

When they do get to the resorts all hell breaks loose. Not much fun if your not Russian.

[Chibearsv]

11 hours ago, Duxnutz said:

Curious where they decide to go if they pop an engine, have a medical or have a pressurisation problem exactly at the point where the aircraft is on the map. Maybe the Ruskies have their own version of ETOPs (EDTO). 
 

*ETOPs = Engines Turn or People Swim. 

Wouldn't every airport allow or be required to allow a landing for a distress call or mechanical malfunction?  I don't know the air safety regs, but I hope that's one of them.

[cigcars]

5 hours ago, therealrsr said:

Why don't they go south over Sochi and cross Turkey/med/north africa?

    *I was wondering that myself. Probably today's flying restrictions in some countries.

 

[Hammer Smokin']

8 hours ago, helix said:

When they do get to the resorts all hell breaks loose. Not much fun if your not Russian.

that actually sounds kind of wild...and fun. 

 

[Duxnutz]

6 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

Wouldn't every airport allow or be required to allow a landing for a distress call or mechanical malfunction?  I don't know the air safety regs, but I hope that's one of them.

Yeah, but getting the plane back/out would be interesting I would think. We were talking to a mechanic about how the Ruskies are keeping their fleets going with all the sanctions in effect and he related it to the cars in Cuba! 
Hopefully no tractor engines.