Instead of going east they go NNE. Instead of going south they go NNE.

South then North should be the shortest route.

Were we on a ball.

remember that you're flying through air and have to account for the direction of favorable winds

@Steve Angell Angell? You know what you said about small airports having to go to larger airports first?

The wind goes east from South Africa so again it does not work.

Regardless I fly against the wind in America when I fly west. With it on the way back.

Steve what you said about size?

Nothing small about that Airport in South Africa.

Well you’ll find it interesting that the largest airport in South Africa handles only 20 million people yearly, while the airport in Dubai handles 88 million people, making it the largest airport in the world by traffic volume

You are deflecting. You said the flights make sense on the Globe. Now you are trying to figure out some way to justify the insanity of the flight paths.

Only 20 million. That is not small.

So perhaps you were right that planes travel from small airports to larger airports to be practical

Dallas has a lot of short flights.

Perhaps you just explained why a plane would fly from South Africa to Dubai

Dallas is a Hub in the center of a good portion of America.

Nothing small about 20 million.

Because it makes perfect sense on the flat earth we live on.

That is the shortest distance possible. Not on the Globe.

@Steve Angell so you’re right, it does make perfect sense that an airport in Dubai would be taking planes from an airport a quarter of its size

That does explain why a plane would go to Dubai

Thanks

I agree Dubai is a major Hub. But you do not fly that far out of the way for no good reason. There are plenty of Hubs and were we on a globe Australia would not be all that much further. They would just go there.

But Sydney airport is still half the size of Dubai 🤔

Interesting

There is no valid reason to fly that far out of the way. It is not at all like Hallifax where it is a thousand miles to Toronto but 5000 to Paris.

You said the paths make sense on the Globe. Now you admit they in no way make sense. You say well it is hubs why they do it. Nonsense.

You should have originally said. Well it is hubs why they do that. I agree it does not seem to make sense on the Globe perhaps it is because of Hubs and how airlines choose to use hubs.

It’s also interesting that hundreds of flights leave each week that travel from Johannesburg to Dubai 🤔

And they don’t stop in Asia at all

Makes perfect sense on the flat earth.

Hmm makes perfect sense on the round earth too

South Africa to Sydney with no layovers

Or stopping at a hub like Dubai

No it does not. Not the one we discussed. You said they did it because Dubai was a major hub. Not because it made sense.

Those seem to both make sense on a globe

One is shorter and saves fuel, one gains more money from passengers

Sure some flights make sense on the flat and globe earth. Most longer ones only make sense on the flat earth.

Hubs make sense because of having enough passengers to make more money. Enough to justify the flight.

Exactly

You’re catching on