Routes from Asia to North America will be changed soon. FLights will be operated via cross-polar route. India, Malaysia, Korea and other south asian countries will have an access to that new route. Flights will be 4 hours shorter. Russia is developing all mechanism to make it real as soon as next year. Now several flights per day are operated via Arctic Circle. Some flights will use Arkhangelsk and Murmansk as stopover on its way to USA.