David Cartwright
Member
I thought so too but it happened o
Looking at current BA and CX non stop flights from HKG to LHR , the flight times , even avoiding Russian airspace is in the region of 14 hrs . I cant imagine flight times to BHX would be much different . That would place a non stop B 747- 400 F from HKG to BHX well within its range capabilities .I wonder if DWC is just a tech stop? Being Icelandic registered, it's likely avoiding Russian airspace and HKG to DWC looks to be a 9 hour flight. A further 7+ hours to BHX, would put a non-stop flight in the region of 18 hours. May be pushing it for a B747-400, especially if heavily loaded with freight.