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Let's take a look to itinerary of a flight from Dubai to Tokyo taken here

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And from Tokyo to Dubai enter image description here

It's the same airline.

One more example. Here is the route of flight from Istanbul to Tokyo enter image description here

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Can somebody explain why return route is so different flying from East to West?

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  • base guess, it has to do with winds aloft. – Burhan Khalid Jun 11 '17 at 09:18
  • Also related: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/13428/ and https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/29926/ – 60levelchange Jun 11 '17 at 09:36
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    Also note that the map projection (at least for the last example) makes the difference appear much bigger than it actually is – 60levelchange Jun 11 '17 at 09:37
  • As @J.Hougaard mentionned, routes are bent by the map projection. Here a view from above the Earth. On this image this is the shortest path (great circle) which is shown. You can change the type of projection on the page, as well as the center of the map. You may also add intermediary waypoints – mins Jun 11 '17 at 10:45
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    Why is a question about asian flight routes marked as a duplicate of a question on transatlantic flight routes? – falstro Jun 11 '17 at 19:46
  • @falstro probably because it's the same reason and we don't need a question for every route possible. – Notts90 Jun 12 '17 at 12:14
  • @Notts90 Interesting, do you have any literature reference to back up the claim that it is, in fact, the same reason? If you so, can you put it down as an answer? :) Seriously though, someone might actually disagree with you, these particular instances could - for example - be geopolitical reasons and not jetstream. Do these routes actually correspond to the jetstream? I've made the same case over and over, the question is not a duplicate. The answer might be, but are you 100% sure it is? If not, someone else might actually have a better answer. – falstro Jun 12 '17 at 12:17
  • @falstro no I'm not 100% but I also didn't VTC or flag the answer as dupe. I'm just suggesting the probable reason why it was closed. If you have evidence to the contrary then post it in chat and get it reopened. – Notts90 Jun 12 '17 at 12:19
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    @Notts90 I see that, I'm just countering that reason for others to see. You just got caught in the crossfire, sorry :) – falstro Jun 12 '17 at 12:20

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