Originally Posted by
mkgref
Despite the sticky (I did check there and searched the forum before asking!) I'm still unable to find anything that actually defines where Asia ends and SWP begins... at this point I'd guess the break is that all islands except Singapore are SPW?
I have an old brochure which I got from BA in ZRH which includes a map of the different continents for xONEx tickets. If nothing has changed in the meantime continent-wise (since 2005):
Southwest Pacific is: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands*, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, French Polinesia.
Asia is: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos*, Cambodia, Myanmar*, PR China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea*, Mongolia*, Bhutan*, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan*, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan*, Turkmenistan*, Tajikistan*, Russia east of the Urals*.
* = there should be no OW service to this country (nevertheless it is included in the continent per OW definition)
To add the last continent which may create confusion:
Europe/Middle East is: geographic definition of Europe + Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan*, Russia west of the Urals, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Yemen, Iraq.
Iceland is not considered on the map and has currently no OW service (IIRC, it is considered as Europe - BA had seasonal flights to/from KEF).