In Reply to: Saving Fuel posted by BadakSinting on Friday, 18. July 2014 at 10:06 Bali Time:
It seems only a handful of airlines actually made a conscious decision to avoid the area. Not sure why... save fuel? Possibly. Time is probably another factor.. A detour could mean arriving late in KL and all the implications that has.
Speculation though.
What surprises me though is that only now have the European agency who control these zones made this a no fly zone. 2 planes had already been shot down in this area this week alone.
It was allegedly well known that Russia were providing the separatists with ground to air missiles.
I suppose with all air disasters. It's seems to take a disaster to spot the big dangers,, and only now will airlines and air space controllers take a much more serious approach to these risks.