The Most Valuable Airspace in the World

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[@jonfr]

This flight path is suddenly becoming relevant again in the world.

[@tushargupta1968]

I came to this video again looking for this comment, it suddenly popped in my head, someone must have commented something like this under the video. 😂

[@elry6030]

well, modern plane has longer range now.

[@tushargupta1968]

@@elry6030 The problem in the past wasn't range, as in the hindsight, the company has to shell out extra money for fuel because they can't connect the places on close to a straight line. Not to mention that long haul flights not that beneficial to the company, (because after a certain fuel threshold, the returns are negative.)

[@skidadle5473]

@@tushargupta1968 Russia isn't as big now, European companies can still fly across whole central Asia, so I don't think fly time will be much longer then previous

[@Hi11is]

I suspect that one of the conditions for Russia to reconnect its economy to the West after its collapse will be a large reduction in the overflight fees, and a relaxation of who can overfly Siberia.

[@MR.ALFE95]

My mother is a former Iberia cabin crew and she was destined to live in Anchorage for two years to cover the routes from Madrid to Tokyo via Alaska. Airlines were paying a lot of money for those going to live abroad! Thanks to that, my mum could afford to pay almost cash down for the house we're living in nowadays!

[@stevetheecollector]

Move out and get your own place haha

[@mikeinsall8854]

@@antonv5488 BUT, who the hell wants live in RUSSIA?

[@eugeneng7064]

@@mikeinsall8854 Russia is actually very beautiful and the people are nice. Only thing is their economy is not doing so well due to sanctions.

[@erfgtdsfsdf6993]

...and thanks to Russia you are not living in Anchorage somewhere in Alaska .)

[@vladilenkalatschev4915]

@@mikeinsall8854 have you ever been there? For example in Moscow, Saint Petersburg or Sochi? You cannot judge

[@SuperVt100]

The power of real estate: location, location, location.

[@anonymousdonor8084]

SuperVt100 I hate realtors the way most people hate lawyers! Lol.

[@ant4377]

Anonymous Donor p-people don’t hate lawyers, they hate their landlords

[@ant4377]

Alpha Beta silence consumer.

[@nancyhobson9710]

Yes, the old story - location.

[@valsites]

@@anonymousdonor8084 it's because you're pretty stupid.

[@richardweil8813]

Took the flight from Chicago to Beijing. Truly exciting to see the northern Canadian islands, the North Pole, all of Siberia. And while I stayed glued to the window everyone else slept, read and watched movies. Their loss. It was weird to leave at night, see the day over the ice cap, switch hemispheres and land in darkness again.

[@squeaksquawk4255]

That sounds amazing!

[@danielwebb4713]

Alaska; the only US state that didn't want the ussr to fall 😂

[@swamigal]

Well, it has russian ancestry too lol

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@Rojus Naujalis It is very sad indeed.

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@Rojus Naujalis I am a proud socialist and communist. I believe we need to transition to socialism and then to a modern form of communism. I also believe this is inevitable and will happen within my lifetime.

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@Rojus Naujalis No, I don't. We need a secret communist code to communicate with each other haha This is my anonymous account due to the fact that my atheist and political views could have a negative impact on my life if public.

[@BXJ-mi9mm]

@Rojus Naujalis Do you know of any forums or anything?

[@deanchur]

One of the perks of being in Australia. Now if you'll excuse me I have to drive up the road to get some milk, will be back in 6 hours.

[@samovarmaker9673]

that moment when I am Russian and in Australia

[@YummYakitori]

Dean Churchman Russia is nearly three times the size of Australia. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to drive up the road to get some milk, will be back in 18 hours.

[@karlhanks1967]

YummYakitori no where near 3 times the size so stop making up bullshit you clown

[@YummYakitori]

Karl Hanks Australia’s land area is 7 million km^2 whereas Russia’s is 17 million km^2, that’s about 2.5x

[@shaungordon9737]

I'd say 2.5x is pretty close to 3x

[@noooddle]

Before the fall of the USSR, I worked for an oil company. We use to sell a heck of a lot of jet fuel in anchorage. It was amazing how it changed.

[@ytubesocialtv]

You sound like a cool guy, tell me more sir (im gen z btw)

[@fortune3911]

Hey sir

[@simonsimonovic2072]

And what if Russia never sold Alaska to America ...

[@crdeathgaming3607]

Then Alaska would be an independant culturaly russian country. There where independence movements in the colony and the russian Empire sold alaska because of it. Alaska wasn't worth it, back then the Gold and oil reserves where not known of. They wouldn't enrole the army to a rebellious colony which didn't even have ports which don't freeze over in the winter. If they would have tried to keep alaska under their reign, alyeska would have revolted in the winter and the russians could have never reinforced or enrolled the army until alyeska would have been possible to declare itself independant.

[@simonsimonovic2072]

@@crdeathgaming3607 What independence movments ???, in 1867 population of Alaska was maybe 100-200 K

[@crdeathgaming3607]

@@simonsimonovic2072 yes that is true but there where political movements in alaska which pushed for independance, even with the very small population.

[@simonsimonovic2072]

@@crdeathgaming3607 What political mouvements, that was wildirness ... They did not sold Alaska because of political mouvements ...

[@crdeathgaming3607]

@@simonsimonovic2072 they did. The alyeska liberation party went from 30% of votes in the colonial election in 1858 to 78% in the next election in 1862.

[@margs_aviation2153]

Anchorage is a best example of radiator springs 😢

[@cynathan_mcfc7719]

you almost made me spit out my coffee lmao!!!

[@Hahlen]

Anchorage still gets a ton of cargo flights. Every time I go there there are at least 3-5 747s sitting in the cargo area.

[@benjamindover9069]

It’s radiator springs but backwards

[@owenjohanson6256]

TSIA still gets a lot of flights

[@liamdupras6127]

@@Hahlen yeah but passenger flights we rarely get anything international but ANC is one of the busiest cargo airports

[@ayoubm6697]

Looks like we’re going back to Anchorage

[@jihadismail8527]

nop ,the Asian countries still use the Russian airspace , Russian banned the west airlines only , which gives the asian countries huge advantage over the western airlines . so expect the west to start crying soon ))

[@Mrbriangalvan]

@@jihadismail8527 lol 🤡 they’ve already expanded Anchorage for passenger and cargo flights already… traffic is up 846% and will rise even more in the coming years. Don’t let your anti US anything attitude blind you to making clownish comments. Cheers

[@antonslavik4907]

​@@Mrbriangalvan Not being anti-US means being blind

[@worldaviation4k]

I have just flown from Hong Kong to Vienna and you really get a feel for how big china and russia is, it's cool. I filmed the whole flight which i'm still processing

[@bandulad7695]

upload it usinga speed through

[@SabbyNGG]

On which day was your flight back to Vienna? We could have been on the same flight.. but we had layover in HK from PH, then to Vienna.

[@jslasher1]

And whilst you're driving to the 'Servo', mate, you'll encounter 'roos, Emus, a brown snake or two and another worthless politician trying to find his way back to Canberra.

[@criskp6861]

Can you upload the Video to youtube?

[@zogzog1063]

OK ... and

[@maxschardt1046]

lemme sum up the whole vid. SAS ruins everything for Norweigan

[@peteremad1355]

SAS is bribing Russia to keep norweigan at bay

[@All4Kanye69]

Lol

[@natotomato4625]

This aged like fine wine 🍷

[@yahooboi261]

I was waiting for a new aviation-related video. I'm satisfied!

[@kolskywalker5071]

How are you verified?...

[@iaexo]

KolSkywalker ikr

[@fadel8792]

He's foreign minister of Wakanda

[@yahooboi261]

Hahahaha, I like this one!

[@EladLerner]

Look at the airspace problems of Israel. Mostly Surrounded by hostlile countries, planes going in and out of Israel have to take strange routes. Could make an interesting video!

[@antoniklimaszyk6661]

elad lerner yes, yes, yes, like his comment to be seen!

[@thomasqu3663]

++

[@dodovomitory3496]

israel? more like IsFAKE haha 😂 thank yoqu thank you

[@jayasuriyas2604]

Yeah that would be an interesting video.

[@firetv7835]

👍

[@foolroblox3231]

Wendover: Russia geography sucks Also Wendover: Russia geopolitics are important

[@iamthinking2252_]

Both can be true

[@simonpeter5032]

"Useless frozen tundra" they said. Hah!

[@susannemoseidbryhni9898]

More like useless melting tundra

[@owenjohanson6256]

Living in Alaska for 17 year I can confirm that it is still largely useless

[@MrK0mix]

Useless burning tundra, this today

[@FlyLeah]

Norwegian: Can i ha- SAS: No

[@5133937]

Looks like Anchorage is back on the menu, boys.

[@robinsinhaxii-a3848]

I am sure he has a folder on his desktop which contains 1 yottabyte of air plane footage xD

[@romanbaranovichi5375]

Robin Sinha tf is a yottabyte

[@swaree]

Roman Baranovichi 1,000,000,000,000 Terabyte

[@MustraOrdo]

Robin Sinha we all have are fetishes.... what a crazy world õ_õ

[@LancesArmorStriking]

I bet Wendover watches airplane porn

[@MustraOrdo]

LancesArmorStriking you mean plane spotting videos?

[@RoulinBrooks]

I've had stopovers at the Anchorage airport twice. Once we all stayed on the plane for refueling. The other time we were able to get off. I remember seeing the cleaning crew waiting to get on the plane. It was about 2 in the morning and they all looked miserable. Who can blame them? You have to clean a dirty plane, it's the middle of the night and you're in Alaska.

[@RoulinBrooks]

Yeah, hilarious.

[@punnequraq]

Is being in Alaska a bad thing?

[@hanj31]

@@punnequraq well it's cold almost every day.

[@andrewrg6417]

@@hanj31 Yeah not really. We still have a summer, it gets to the 80s and 90s. Also Anchorage is relatively a pretty warm Alaskan "city" when compared to places like Fairbanks. It also definitely gets more than a flight every couple days. It gets multiple flights a day usually to other airports in Alaska, Canada, and a good number of the states bordering Canada.

[@hanj31]

@@andrewrg6417 it must be like that for the southern coastal parts of Alaska then.

[@FutureNow]

In Soviet Russia, airspace value you.

[@yattasuccess9212]

Isn't that more beneficial to the person themselves rather than Russia

[@ijlalrizvi9856]

It values *Us comrade

[@sasjadevries]

I Russia people know the grammar of their native language. "airspace value" that's singular 3rd person, so where is the s at the end of the verb???

[@nntflow7058]

Can you believe, Russia is the only thing that prevent China from actually dominating the world?

[@Wolfman85a]

In Soviet Russia, airspace control you

[@davidrosner6267]

This video also unintentionally explains why Russia is such an important part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. Road and rail infrastructure across Siberia and European Russia is crucial to promoting land trade between Europe and East Asia.

[@jyashin]

Bit of a late reply. While Russia is an important partner for China's BRI, most of the railways and other connectivity infrastructure don't take place in Russia itself, but in the former Soviet Republics. China doesn't trust Russia, as Russian authorities are notorious for attacking and closing Chinese businesses. That's why the routes mostly go through Kazakhstan. China even built railways in Turkey and Syria just to avoid Russia as much as possible. However, Russia's influence over the former Soviet republics is immense, and Putin's approval is required to actually get those countries on board. Thus, while most of the projects don't take place in Russia, the Kremlin is unfortunately a poison China has to risk.

[@jyashin]

@@Dragones15 Russia had closed Chinese businesses in Moscow before. That said, I'm very skeptical of the whole "China doesn't care about its citizens" narrative our gongzhi (it's a negative term) propagate. When in Russia, follow Russian laws, after all. The US is also a poison pill. At the end of the day we can only count on ourselves. This is true of all countries, including both Russia and China.

[@JustinY.]

But how many toyota corollas is that airspace worth? Wait wrong channel

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Justin Y. Do you comment on every video as a job?

[@isaaclao2380]

Justin Y. Ask RLL lol

[@bobafett4351]

Justin Y. GENERAL JUSTINOBI YOU’RE AN OLD ONE!

[@michigan2974]

Justin Y. What channel is that

[@monky3997]

STOP WATCHING THE SAME VIDEOS AS ME PLEASE

[@Redpantslol]

Hey, guess what just became relevant again 3 years after this video was made.

[@MustardChannel]

planes. 💖

[@samovarmaker9673]

Am I the first one to notice that this is Mustard?

[@rds7516]

The most pointless comment of the month award goes to..

[@human_bing]

Hi mustard

[@raheen7570]

Less than 200 likes and it’s mustard!!

[@lukemccrory]

Well said

[@cup_check_official]

your channel name should be "Airplane Productions" :D

[@leonidverevkin4927]

you stole my comment

[@cup_check_official]

I didn't, bro. Where is your comment? i can't see it?

[@leonidverevkin4927]

Software Man I wrote my comment 18 minutes ago

[@Britishmajestic]

Honestly though his aviation vids are the best

[@jayfawn8478]

Software Man sjw called your username is sexist

[@janvereecken1444]

well this was a very intresting video, but i have to correct you on one thing, there's a pretty new airline, Air Belgium. They officially classes as a low cost carrier and it flies from brussels south to Hong Kong. They recently got their permission to fly over russia, and im pretty sure that there are now 2 airlines in belgium that fly over Russia, Air Belgium and Brussels airlines. Great video :D

[@davidwill5347]

Not only Belgium! Likewise for Japan (ANA, JAL), South Korea (Asiana, Korean), Taiwan (EVA, China Airlines) and China (Hainan, Air China, China East, China Southern) all fly through Russian airspace to Europe.

[@Mkungaa]

Yep, it regulated by mutual agreements with Russia. So Norwegian Air should blame only own government for the creation of SAS's monopoly and making 0 efforts to sign new transit agreement.

[@timbettin6536]

Actually Brussels Airlines doesn’t operate any flights to East Asia, so Air Belgium will be the first Belgian airline. It’s an interesting development 😄

[@janvereecken1444]

Tim 608103 Well thé furthest BA Flies is Mumbai, they light fly around Russia but im not sure

[@TeddyKrimsony]

The Russkies have no problem of many different airlines transit through them as long as they're getting the money.

[@CityBeautiful]

You should do more airplane videos! I bet it would really catch on with your audience. ;D

[@MM-xm5vx]

City Beautiful omg it’s you

[@nathan2926]

Your videos are really good and I enjoy watching them. Your video on gentrification helped me on one of my AP tests :D

[@Coolsomeone234]

Oh hi there

[@msergio0293]

You should do more vídeos toó!! :D win-win situation

[@SL-kz5dk]

City Beautiful have you ever thought of doing a video together

[@drumset09]

I used to work at ANC. For international passenger flights, it's virtually dead in the North (international) terminal. Cargo flights are another story. ANC was the 3rd busiest cargo hub in the world when I worked there, not sure about today, but I know it's still super busy.

[@mszkey2168]

”WOW Air' is the most hilarious name for an airliner. They should totally hire Owen Wilson as representative

[@GusMacGus313]

Mszkey they’ve gone bust 🤣

[@atlasflame5815]

RIP

[@fine1298]

Anchorage really was the Anchorage between the East and West

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

Thanks for this video. After almost 40 years of working in the travel industry, and dealing with airlines on a daily basis, it's such a fascinating industry, you can't help but learn something new every day. Thanks again.

[@melihyldz1479]

I was studying for the most important exam I will ever have but f*ck it. There is a nofication from Wendover.

[@jkearns_5610]

Melih Yıldız Leaving cert?

[@Alkuf100]

We had leaving cert exams last week so I would asume yes. Or some sort of acreditiation who knows

[@lukapapez]

You do realize you could watch video later, without disturbing your studing.

[@otzi1]

LGS mi oldu şimdi ismi?

[@melihyldz1479]

Ötzi YKS oldu

[@lucamuller1672]

New Wendover video: Life is good

[@dziadWSZEWIED]

earth is flat;) bcouse of that they fly over north pole. southe pole is a cirkle

[@chair5728]

v8tatra well that’s almost a sentence...

[@Oliver-pi4wd]

Jim 45856585 it a joke

[@pleaseenteranamelol711]

i think lukas needs a hot shower, dont you?

[@rossellwood4088]

Luca Müller y

[@wongtszshing3795]

Imagine if USA had not bought alaska...

[@lite4998]

It's simply amazing how much Britain and Russia loathe each other on a fundamental level, yet do their best to pretend that they don't. Well, Britain isn't pretending very hard anymore, but still :p

[@greatwolf5372]

Wong Tsz Shing Yeah one of the best deals US ever made. Got such a strategic and economically useful(lots of minerals and other natural resources) land for dirt cheap. Thank you Secretary William Seward for negotiating this deal when many others thought it was folly.

[@TehDMBfan]

Russia posions someone on a UK sidewalk and so we're just meant to accept it..?

[@lite4998]

TheDMBfan You mean the UK poisoned two Russian citizens on its sidewalk and then blamed Russia for it in order to distract from internal problems? :p Oh and don't forget the fact that they also murdered their cat via starvation :(

[@videogamebomer]

Denis Safiev Can't tell if Russian troll or just troll

[@rosswebster7877]

This is probably my favorite video on this channel. My mom and dad also enjoyed it. Having lived in Anchorage in the late 60s and 70s they remember the days when the city was such an international hub. They also saw the meeting between President Nixon and Japanese Emperor Hirohito there.

[@danielmogos1437]

The middle east countries take advantage of the oil resources they have, the British took advantage of their ocean openings and established sea trade routes with any possible country in the world, why wouldnt the Russia do the same with its advantages?

[@satisfiedskullservant]

I don't think he was arguing it's a completely bad thing. He's saying that for a new low cost airline it's a bad thing as they couldn't possible maintain their low prices to compete.

[@LukeVilent]

IDK, Maybe because a more open world is more comfortable, fair and advantageous for everyone instead of a small clique of cleptocrates?

[@wdvd6822]

Gotta watch the Russian Geography Problem video

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

@@LukeVilent But in that case the money is collected by the state, that money then indirectly goes to the citizens. It is in some way a voluntary tax, so I think it is not such a bad idea for Russia. There is another question how well the russian taxes are spent, i have no idea. Either way you always have loosers and winners.

[@LukeVilent]

@@OnkelJajusBahn Oh, really? Who could have thought?! Maybe, you gonna tell me Russia has democracy because there are official "elections"?

[@madwax4771]

Anchorage: I have become useless Covid-19: Hold my batsoup

[@igornebov]

Underrated

[@gabor1991]

Relevant in 2022.

[@rosskrt]

Well, this aged like fine milk.

[@madeintexas3d442]

This video did not age well but it is also infinitely more relevant so maybe it did.

[@nicknickbon22]

And now here we go again

[@IloveRumania]

The KZbin algorithm sure is good at timing.

[@sunshineimperials1600]

This video hasn’t aged well. Anchorage shall rise again.

[@Wraithfighter]

I’d say that it’s aged like the Statue of Liberty: Interestingly, but not at all like planned.

[@glambor1]

You totally missed Finnair monopoly over Siberia….

[@RK870XK]

they deem Siberian Airspace too costly before the fall of the USSR

[@Crabentos]

nobody cares.

[@bathshebahubber614]

@@Crabentos I care and so do 48 others

[@choof.]

just rename your channel to "iloveplanes123" already

[@peter_smyth]

HibernateMC Have you tried that as his password?

[@Bassguitarist192]

Add andoccassionallytrains

[@lucasdarius413]

Bassguitarist192 nah that's too long now.

[@ZioStalin]

in the description of the channel ;)

[@uss_04]

Another Quality Video from Layover Productions ;)

[@andersn4169]

When you talked about why Anchorage was so important, make a video about the Atlantic flights to Shannon and why it was so important!

[@noisycricket.10yearsand29]

Ngl ur profile pic looks like an Anders N

[@iamthinking2252_]

ETOPS, right?

[@jdrogers1969]

Will there be an update to this video?

[@dimbasz]

Ahem.. EU, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, Korea and Japan imposed thousands of sanctions including banned usage of their airspace by Russian plane so Russia did the same. Ticket prices went up, as well as flight distances. That's the update)

[@asadullahnaweed7097]

Well, I guess ANC is making a comeback soon.

[@jihadismail8527]

nop , the Asian countries still use the Russian airspace , Russian banned the west airlines only , which gives the asian airlines huge advantage over the western airlines . so expect the west to start crying soon ))

[@theanonymousaviationlover2677]

With the Russian-Ukrainian war now and the British being banned from flying over Russia, Anchorage is gradually going to become more busy with passengers again if the ongoing conflict continues to worsen relations between Europe and Russia.

[@maxxiong]

That was due to the lack of range though. Most planes these days don't need that stopover even if avoiding Russia. Also ICN is sort of playing the role of ANC right now due to Chinese COVID restrictions. Without COVID restrictions EWR-HKG by united and DFW-HKG by american will probably need a legitimate stopover due to range

[@theanonymousaviationlover2677]

@@maxxiong That is true and I can see some airlines doing that but in Wendovers' video about 20 hour flights and cargo airlines it is cheaper to stopover in Anchorage in the long run.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@maxxiong A lot of cargo planes are older and smaller, so they don't have the same range as the newer premiere passenger jetliners. Anchorage will serve as a nexus for cargo flights until Russian airspace is open again.

[@maxxiong]

​@@mdstate829 For cargo it depends on how much payload is being carried actually. I found 5Y785 on FR24, which sometimes flies MIA-ICN-HKG, and the first leg takes nearly 17 hours partially due to having to route around Russia. This has to be at a pretty low load, because boeing's stated range at max load is somewhere around 10-11 hours.

[@emmablack583]

Only Britain is banned?? I thought Russia banned whole Europe? Strange...

[@user34274]

KEEP THE PLANE-RELATED VIDEOS COMING YASSSSSSS LUV U

[@tvguide4khv]

Also Russia maintain a airports on the routes to allow airlines safe emergency landings.

[@robertn2951]

Like the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17)

[@AlexBeau9]

@@robertn2951 That was in Ukraine.

[@magellanmax]

Good point! Nothing is free.

[@kap1526]

@@robertn2951 that wasn't in Russia buddy .

[@robertn2951]

@@ElenaRomanova21 Tell that to the families who lost a loved one because shot down by the Russians

[@JRPGGUY]

can we get more train videos?

[@Pilot-ATC]

Game Head nope

[@JRPGGUY]

Cal Bono Clearly want them from him because I like his style

[@SiguysGaming]

i with ya. the plane to train balance is all out of wack

Game Head choo choo my name is Thomas

[@CP-ym9uc]

Yeah

[@Jsb078]

I work for norwegian airlines and believe me, we had plans to fly to Japan, Hong Kong and more, but Russia has stopped us in every single way. Very frustrating indeed but now we’re expanding more to Africa, Brazil and hopefully soon the Caribbean. Until then SAS and Russia have the routes.

[@supportervandeeuropeseunie1625]

Jsb078 Then why isn't Norwegian flying around Russia like Finnair? 3:54

[@Mkungaa]

So Norway signed agreement in 1956 with Russia and created SAS's monopoly in Scandinavia. Nowadays Norwegian officials makes zero effort to sign new agreement. And yet you blame Russia? Yep, seems like that is how you do things in west now - just blame Russia in every situation. Even if your government sucks - just blame Russians. OMFG, so retarded...

[@hayyanazam5854]

Russia is doing what any other nation would do. It has something (geography) in its favour. It profits from it It might not be "fair" but it's the way of the world.

[@powerofwisdom2336]

The only things they do are: killing and raping... Just as any others...

[@CollinsSakwa254]

@@powerofwisdom2336 Who? America?

[@inlibertywetrust425]

Diego the GOAT Maradona It might be "fair" though. It depends on how you "look" at it. Others using their airspace without paying..... Suez Canal also costs money to pass through.

[@mikej.7723]

@@CollinsSakwa254 🤔

[@PresidentialWinner]

True. What they did before (deny access altogether) was stupid and wrong. Now they are just smart

[@syrup7894]

Europe: HOW DO WE GET TO TOKYO!!?! Alaska: I got u b

[@dasdaleberger5683]

I thought we didn't fly over the poles because flat earthers would shoot you down. Thanks for clearing that up.

[@carultch]

Actually, flat Earthers believe in a map of Earth that corroborates everyone else's understanding of the north pole, and allows for polar flights in the Arctic. It is the map of the Antarctic that flat Earthers deny. And they bring up the fact that there are very few flights over Antarctica. But the truth is that the three population centers of the Southern Hemisphere (Chile/Argentina, Sydney Australia, and South Africa) all form a triangle around Antarctica, such that there is no need to fly over Antarctica on such flights. The great circles pass through the oceans alone. There is a Qantas flight between Sydney and Santiago, that would be impossible if the flat Earth conspiracy theorists were correct.

[@xxfirestarX]

This did not age well

[@travelvideos]

Finnair had right to fly over Russia because of their "special relationship". Normally passengers would choose to fly Aeroflot to Asia.

[@erik_griswold]

travelvideos Finns built the SVO-2 Terminal (I think it is “F” now) for the 1980 Olympics

[@supportervandeeuropeseunie1625]

travelvideos I can understand it. The USSR was frightened as fuck to ignite a Second Winter War.

[@artiombeknazaryan7542]

Exept the USSR won that war and got all of Karelia ))) and new border pushing it far away from St Peterburg.

[@Scherzo7]

Supporter van de Europese Unie No, it’s because the Finns were never actually as dumb as yourself and knew well how to milk both the Soviets and the Western countries for cash

[@Scherzo7]

Yes, that's exactly why today Finland is on very good terms with both Russia and the West. Lots of Finnish businesses investing here

[@tharqal2764]

This video aged well!

[@barnabasborsodi-nagy5646]

The Silk Road problem in the 21st century

[@WizardSoon]

This video aged so well.

[@krrk6337]

Planeover Productions

[@victorteodoro9325]

Then 2022 happens and... surprise!

[@Unicalnetwork]

ALASKA AIRLINES: STONKS

[@jaloveast1k]

Wow. I think pretty much nobody in Russia knows about these fees.

[@Tk-mj1cl]

True

[@putenkhakov2979]

Lool

[@anatolyrozhkov851]

can confirm

[@ryozha1097]

Only airlines and airports workers do. Rest have no idea. Moreover the Sum of all fees is 500mln$ and everything goes to private putins company Aeroflot.

[@danvolodar]

Aeroflot is a publicly traded company, but the Russian state owns 51% of its shares. So no, it's neither "private" nor, lol, "Putin's".

[@thegavinjackson]

4:40, American airliner:this is United Air, alerting you we're entering your airspace. Russian control: WHO THE BLYAT IS ENTERING THE MOTHERLAND (In a 1$ mic)

[@igorberezin856]

Most equipment used in Russia is from Europe. Just like America sources all its products from other countries. Your comment only shows how much you know, and it's not very much at all.

[@thegavinjackson]

@@igorberezin856 It seems you are the type of low life to seriously respond to comments which are obviously jokes and satire on stereotypes, in this case games. In any case, i sincerely appreciate the useless chunk of knowledge you spit out in front of me.

[@yuricherkasov]

SYKA BLYAT WE WILL TURN YOU INTO NUCKEAR DUST! Welcome to Russian airspace

[@nikosmanganiotis3519]

Gavin Jackson It seems you are typical westerner who uses stupid video game references to depict our culture and society. you should actually research and gain knowledge on our culture before saying these underhanded things.

[@jgsh8062]

Wow you really can’t take a joke, can you Nicolai?

[@Ahuntsicspotter]

Iberia is serving Russia and overflying the Russian airspace but Air Europa is doing BCN-UFA route. Spain is a country where you have more than one long haul planes operators. Its the same thing in France.

[@speedbirdproductions5569]

Aandd today, russian banned overfly their airspace to most european airlines.

[@AntzWilkz]

Maybe now we can enjoy a few days in Alaska again!

[@achpRu]

This video is factually incorrect. It is true that the SU in early 50s was a tightly closed and hostile country. But the principal reason why you had to take the 36-hour-long Southern route to Tokyo back then was aircraft having so short operation ranges. Even if SU were an open country at that time, flying this route would require nearly as many stops, say, LON-MOW-SVX-OVB-HTA-KHV-TYO. But this would be far less feasible commercially because the Southern route served several densely populated (even if poor) Asian countries with strong commercial ties to Europe, so these destinations might be also served and provided profit to the airlines. Then the video ignores the fact that SU slowly opened during 60s and 70s. The "Trans-Siberian route" for flights LON-MOW-TYO and PAR-MOW-TYO became operational by 1970, provided that Aeroflot, JAL, and BOAC/AF all had commercial rights for the whole route. During the following decade other destinations in Europe, such as CPH, FRA and ROM, were added. Why did airlines use Anchorage at the same time? Because Soviet airports didn't have the necessary equipment to accommodate widebodies such as B747. Flights through Soviet airspace were therefore limited to narrow-body jets till late 80s. Thus, the claim this video makes, that the "Trans-Siberian route" only opened after SU collapsed, is factually incorrect.

[@trumpivanka6699]

This Video was made as an eye and ear candy for the russophile Trolls , nothing else.

[@МаксимЗубов-с4д]

Trump Ivanka you could just unsub in case it was only “a candy for eye” and not a quality made interesting and entertaining video

[@wdvd6822]

5:03 and now Anchorage sees a ton of cargo flights a day.

[@davidgielty9914]

Well this is suddenly a very useful video. Thanks.

[@katied5314]

This is some solid journalism. Love your channel!

[@JsonBrandy]

Ah shit, here we go again

[@sovietunionsmostnotoriousk5031]

Wow Air plans to start flying between Reykjavik and Delhi by December 2018. Fast forward to March 2019. wOw

[@sheenushandilya]

Indians may help to negotiate overflight

[@ApaceLp]

This explains sooo much! I always wondered why there are no budget airline flights to East Asia, why flights there are so expensive and how airlines that offer a more southern connection to Asia (i.e: Qatar, Emirates, Air India) can still be competitive with the European or East Asian carriers.

[@ApaceLp]

Dude, a hundred dollars per person is way more money than you need to maintain runways and ATC. The whole point of the video is that Russia uses its strategic position to make money and as a geopolitical tool.

[@patthonsirilim5739]

its there country you know they make the laws your country to can deny any russian flag carrier to fly over your airspace its your choice its just that your airspace is not as lucrative or important to be use as a bargaining tool its simple its there airspace they can charge as much as they want don't like it do not fly over it find a new route to fly over of course they would use there airspace to make money the usa use its military and weapons sale to make money and influence political outcome all the time every single country in the world use its position to make money and influence political outcome in there favor ll the time its like if your a business operator that is making a product that no one else can make you can pretty much charge what ever the fuck you want as long as people are willing to pay for it the shorter route and cost saving from the russian airspace bypass is worth it that why people are begging for it are you retarded or something its not russian job to subsidize your fucking business trip or holiday

[@ApaceLp]

You guys should really look up the meaning of "subsidy".

[@tomkelly8827]

I flew from Toronto Canada to Beijing and we went over Alaska and Siberia. I had no idea that it was a big deal to fly there. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@pvb3562]

"Russia is a powerful and political-savvy country". Well, that's been proved wrong.

[@aspacelex]

Putin's dream to recreate the empire isn't news.

[@anonym1168]

Not really, it still is powerful. Holds many ressources and -the reason why western powers tried so long to be deescalating- nukes.

[@aspacelex]

@@anonym1168 The DRC is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, doesn't make it powerful.

[@anonym1168]

@@aspacelex Sure, different situation though

[@aspacelex]

@@anonym1168 Did you delete a message lmao.

[@carlwawrina8080]

I'm not going to scroll back through almost 3,000 comments, but I'll assume someone already pointed out that Europe and Asia are NOT countries.

[@davidbarnett9312]

Carl, don't waste your time. Most millennials in America don't know where our nation is located on the world map. In fact, most of them don't even know where their own state they were born in is in relation to the other states in the US of A. They do know where the local Starbucks is located....

[@dh2266]

I've only seen one flat earth comment. I leave utterly disappointed. I guess that's a good sign that subscribers/viewers here are better educated but I miss a good laugh. :(

[@jeetjemienaa]

He does not say that

[@brennencox516]

~15secs in he says areas, not countries.

[@ManteIIo]

Taiwan isn't a country either and was just reading yesterday that Austrialian liner turned back in mid-flight cause of this disputed status with china.

[@nooakarlsson9359]

Actually finnair flew over the USSR becuse Finland and USSR had a deal that they could fly over the USSR if the finnish goverment would own over 50% of finnair

[@orangestoneface]

so finnair could have operated from like copen london paris

[@OrangeShellGaming]

Yes, and the real reason they didn't fly over the USSR to Tokyo starting from 1983 was because the _Japanese_ insisted they take the long way around; the at-the-time still state-owned Japan Airlines demanded it, because they wanted to be among the first airlines to fly directly over the USSR between Europe and Asia, and they didn't see Helsinki or Finland as an important enough destination to warrant such a flight. They got their wish a few years later when direct service between Tokyo and Paris opened operated by both JAL and Air France.

[@riverradioclub8478]

Time for flites to Anchorage again!

[@buck1n636]

And this video just became relevant again....

[@freshname]

Sadly so. As a Russian myself I would say, that that Lukashenko hijacking move was atrocious. And knowing that the journalist and his girlfriend (fyi a Russian citizen) are being tortured at this very moment doesn't help softening my heart over the airspace issue. Accountability is the paramount.

[@el_pro_man]

This did NOT age well

[@alanstanley2847]

Hell yeah it’s Wendover!

[@countFtw.]

That pronunciation of Helsinki took me off guard. "Helzinki" :D

[@lukestoolbox]

Channel rename to Flyover? I guess would work pretty good ;)

[@alexnowosielski43]

You should reach rename your channel to airplane logistics

[@MMMmyshawarma]

This isn't clever at all.

[@Onioncake]

Wendover productions: *exist* Brilliant: GIVE THIS MAN A SPONSORSHIP

[@Mark93944]

Sitting in Vilnius airport right now, very interesting!

[@Simoncuong]

AEROPLANE RELATED! YAY

[@russwilliams1154]

I lived in Anchorage for 7 years in the early 00's. Three miles from airport. I assure you they have multiple flights daily. Passenger and freight. Most freight from Asia passes through Anchorage. Lots of USPS planes also. KAL, KLM, UNITED, DELTA, etc... passengers flights daily. Trust me I could see the passengers in the planes as they came directly over my house for landing.

[@watermelonwarbler1172]

Thanks for the interesting video! I always love plane videos! :D

[@DarkSideChess]

WRONG. There were many international flights allowed by the USSR from Europe to Asia starting in the 80's. It did not just start in 1991.

[@KALFRID]

True JAL used to fly over russian airspace using a tu-114 operated with half russian and Japanese crews.

[@alexw8867]

0:34 woah that’s my neighbourhood thx for using it in ur video :)

[@eliaskarppi5408]

Again with airplanes. Shocker!

[@mhdibm7515]

What about now

[@stein1385]

right

[@aslanbekabdulkadyrov6717]

Back when I was living in little siberian town called Nadym (Yamal) my flat's windows was to the lake side with open view. All the time when I was watching to the lake side I was seeing plane passing by high in the clouds. Much later I knew that I was watching major air route

[@dixonkwong5004]

Back to the Soviet times...