Flight route from Abu Dhabi to Beirut
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It seems you flew Etihad, because MEA (Middle East Airlines) takes a more direct route:
Compare that to this:
(the above images are from the excellent http://flighaware.com)
Each airline is free to chose their own routing - almost most try to fly on established routes (since these have the most radar coverage); but as shown above each airline is free to decide the best routing for their aircraft.
Upvote:6
The Great Circle route from AUH to BEY looks like this:
Flying over Syrian territory is out of the question at the moment, so there are three alternatives:
- Fly around via Jordan and Israel. This is impossible because of the Arab League Boycott of Israel. Israeli planes are not allowed to fly in the Arabic peninsula and vice-versa.
- Fly around via Iran and Turkey. This is the longest option
- Fly around via Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This is what your airline ended up doing.
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