Originally Posted by
sllevin
To expand slightly: Right now, there's now way to fly from GVA to SYD (or anywhere in Australia) without touching down in Asia (at SIN,BKK,HKG or NRT). Just "touching down" even if it's on a single flight coupon/flight number still counts Asia as a continent...
No instead of now -- a great Freudian slip though. BBJ can make it GVA-PER non-stop, though (as can lots of airline equipment, but weight restricted). Somehow the UN doesn't quite generate enough revenue for non-stop GVA-PER service.
For OWE, Australia is always a 4+ continent ticket. You have a choice to transit via Asia (the usual way) or via Africa (using JNB-SYD on QF).
When AA started non-stop ORD-DEL service, that was deemed to include Europe (never mind that the flight never crosses any European airspace). OW really wants to get that 4th continent in the price.