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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 4:00 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RichardInSF:
...I am just wondering if anyone tried a south Southern hemisphere routing, like
Jo'burg-Rio-Sydney-Jo'burg -- or even if such a routing is possible?</font>
RichardInSF:

Had to wait for a spare half an hour on Sunday night to do this one!

Sydney 1030 Sunday Aerolineas Argentinas AR 1183
Buenos Aires 1305 Sunday

Buenos Aires 2045 Sunday Malaysian MH 202
Johannesburg 1240 Monday

Johannesburg 1750 Monday Qantas QF 64
Sydney 1435 Tuesday

Total time 52 hours 5 minutes

This is the only possible combination of direction, point of departure/return and day of the week that works on this route, as these flights all operate only a few times a week. Otherwise there's a day or two wait somewhere. However this one works so well it's only 13 hours more than my Northern Hemisphere one.
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