In the wake of MH17, the aerial routes between Europe and Hong Kong from July 6 to July 18

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We plotted the paths of airlines operating direct flights to Europe using data from live flight tracking site FlightAware. Their data depends on many variables, such as the coverage of their ADS-B network, in addition to receiving "over fifty different government air traffic control and private datalink sources". Source of data: FlightAware

Direct connections between Hong Kong and Western Europe

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