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Every page on the Great Circle Mapper has a text-entry box at the top with a choice of actions:Featured Map: United Non-Stop San Francisco to Bangalore11 September 2020 Permalink Archives of Featured MapsFeatured Maps have been on hiatus for a few months, with most airline newsinvolving cuts in routes or at least frequencies, with seemingly constantschedule turmoil. It has been difficult to keep up with the changes andmap ideas end up being obsolete before publication.It seems fitting to return on the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks,in the same spirit as friends who make a point of flying on 9/11 every year,and United Airlines provided some uplifting news on Wednesday with theannouncement ofseven new long-haul routes.The most interesting of the seven is non-stop service fromSan Francisco toBangalore,to be operated starting May 2021 with Boeing 787-9 aircraft.The flight will be United's longest,255 miles (410 km)farther than San Francisco toSingapore, though still68 miles (110 km) shorter than Los Angelesto Singapore, which United flew from October 2017 through October 2018.The new flight will be more challenging due to Bangalore's relativelyhigh field elevation of 3,001 feet.The Cranky Flier talked wtih Patrick Quayle,United's VP of International Network and Alliances,who explained that several software changes to the 787-9 will enablethe new flight.In February, American Airlines announced plans to fly to Bangalorefrom Seattleas part of a West Coast alliance announcement with Alaska Airlines.That route was supposed to launch in October 2020 but was delayed into 2021due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seattle offers a shorter routing to Bangalorefor much of the U.S. but the San Francisco Bay Area is the largest U.S. originfor traffic to Bangalore (over four times Seattle) due to high-tech connectionsbetween the two areas. This local market should make United's planned servicea winner. (See Cranky's article for more market analysis.)Today's Featured Map shows United's new route plus the two routes fromCalifornia to Singapore. American's planned route from Seattle is alsoshown (in red).References and additional information:United AirlinesUnited Airlines Strengthens Global Network, Adding New Nonstops to Africa, India and Hawaii (9 September 2020)American AirlinesAlaska Airlines, American Airlines Announce New West Coast International Alliance: Alaska's West Coast Network to Connect With American's Long-Haul Flying to Create More Choice for Travelers (13 February 2020)American Airlines Announces Summer Schedule Changes to Match Reduced Customer Demand Related to COVID-19 (2 April 2020)American Airlines Resets International Network for Remainder of 2020 Through Summer 2021 (1 July 2020)United's 2021 Plan: Leisure and Modified 787s for Ultra Long-Haul Cranky Flier (10 September 2020)Boeing 787 Dreamliner BoeingFeatured Map: Los Angeles to Singapore Returns (2 June 2017)Featured Map: Singapore Airlines Resumes Singapore to Newark Non-Stop (13 October 2018)Featured Map: 11 Years After 9/11 (11 September 2012)Featured Map: Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks (11 September 2011)Featured Map: In Memory of 9/11 Victims From 78 Countries (11 September 2010)

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The Great Circle Mapper displays maps and computes distances along a geodesic path. It includes an extensive, searchable database of airports and other locations.

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