Actually current flight paths do not make sense on a globe but make perfect sense on a flat disk shaped earth.
Rubbish!
For example all flights from California to Japan or Korea go over Alaska taking the Northern route, this makes sense only if the earth was a disk not a globe.
Rubbish!
The shortest distances on the Globe are "great circles" and long distance airline routes are usually close to "great circles".
All flights to Europe from United States take place over Greenland and sometimes even north of Greenland, this only makes sense on a disk.
And that fits perfectly with great circle routes on the
Globe.
Flight from Australia to South Africa goes over Dubai, makes no sense on a globe but makes great sense on a disk, Look into it folks
Emirates Airline do fly Australia to South Africa via a stop-over in Dubai, BUT
QANTAS flies regular direct flights Sydney to/from Johannesburg.Here is one Sydney to Johannesburg flight.
QANTAS flight QF63 flew Sydney, Australia to Johannesburg, South Africa in 13 hrs 29 min (on May 6) and the Great Circle distance is 11,036 km
Flight QF63 Sydney to JohannesburgAnd here is a Santiago to Sydney flight. QANTAS flight QF28 flew from Santiago, Chile to Sydney, Australia in 13 hrs 35 min (on May 11) flight distance is 11,462 km.
Flight QF28 Santiago to SydneyThere are also flights by
Latham Airlines - see
Latham Airlines, Melbourne to Santiago.And direct flights from Aukland, New Zealand to South America.
On Sydney to/from Santiago flights you might like to read
Re: Flights in the Southern Hemisphere « Reply #77 on: October 05, 2017, 09:01:30 PM »Please run off and learn some facts about real airline routes before you make a bigger fool of yourself.