Originally Posted by
wijibintheair
Dear oneworld4u - another question for next time you visit. Why is it that only Ghana/Nigeria/Kenya/Uganada/Tanzania are allocated 2 intercontinental arrival/departures through Europe? As it is impossible to get to North or South America without going through Europe in at least one directions from any African country, why is the 2 permitted transits in Europe restricted to only those 5 countries?
The northern African countries are defined as part of Europe for xONEx. The southern African countries have routing options to Asia & Australia. Thus it is the middle African countries that the OW network is insufficient and backtracking is required.