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Airlines routinely adjust routes to take advantage of favourable winds, even if that means flying a path that looks longer.

Measuring distances “as the crow flies” on Google Maps just got easier with a hidden feature in the mobile app. While most users rely on Google Maps for navigation routes, this direct line measurement ...