Originally Posted by
jgold
As for the flight from Africa to South America, I looked at it again, and here's the details off of One World's website for the SAO version of the flight I mentioned (the One World map lists direct flights from Dakar to both Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo):
Scheduled flights u Return flights
From: Dakar, Senegal (Yoff)
To: Sao Paulo, Brazil (All Airports)
Depart T Arrive T Carrier - Flight number Stops Duration Aircraft
23:55 DKR 04:25 +1 VCP LA 8264 Non-Stop 6 hrs 30 min DC3
That's 3,292 miles in about 6.5 hours. Is that an unreasonable amount of time for a flight like that?
As
Gardyloo has pointed out, the DKR - VCP (!) flight is a fake. It doesn't exist. It "flies" to VCP which was Sao Paolos main international airport before 1985 when GRU was opened. And the equipment LA is "using" is a DC-3 which is a propeller plane from 1935. Maybe a flight like this existed decades ago something the LA experts maybe can help out with.
The odd thing is, it is also listed in the official oneworld timetable application.