Originally Posted by
number_6
Originally Posted by
serfty
One interesting benefit ithat may result would be that a xONE3 ex/via SWP would now be possible. Dubai is in the Europe zone for the Oneworld Explorer fares!

No chance. OW will just rule that DXB-Oz overflies Asia (
just as ORD-India overflew Europe even if it did not).
As I posted in the relevant thread in the QF forum - I believe this was not the case (ORD-DEL overflying Europe) - see
this post and the link it has to an old thread
But - as I said in the linked thread - in any case, we will have to wait and see with regard to QF's proposed SWP-Europe* non-stop flights
*Europe - as defined in the xONEx rules, i.e. including the Middle East