For many people flying from Singapore to Sydney, the flight can take as little as seven hours or so. But not if you are Benjamin Netanyahu. In the Israeli prime minister's case, it can take more than 11 hours.

As you can see in the map below, created using data from FlightAware, the Israeli leader took an unusual detour when travelling from Singapore to Australia overnight. The Guardian newspaper also confirmed this unusual route with Netanyahu's delegation.

This detour added several hours to his journey.

Netanyahu's plane wasn't taking the scenic route by choice. Instead, the carrier - El Al, Israel's national airline - was deliberately avoiding the airspace of Indonesia.