If you look at the likes of Flightradar24 you can see that most airline routes go up and over rather than straight across for both trans-Atlantic and trans- Pacific flights. They try to stay close to land so there is at least some chance of avoiding ditching at sea in case of a problem. Not...
You couldn't get any for love nor money locally here last year. Mind you, there was a rash of chickenpox cases at the time.
Did you see what I did there?😀