{"id":14021,"date":"2026-04-26T04:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/?p=14021"},"modified":"2026-04-26T04:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:16:09","slug":"rephrase-the-same-oceanias-intercontinental-connections-flightradar24-blog-in-a-different-way-no-more-than-118-characters-as-if-you-were-a-native-american-speaker-as-expert-on-content-cre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/rephrase-the-same-oceanias-intercontinental-connections-flightradar24-blog-in-a-different-way-no-more-than-118-characters-as-if-you-were-a-native-american-speaker-as-expert-on-content-cre\/","title":{"rendered":"Rephrase the same Oceania\u2019s intercontinental connections | Flightradar24 Blog in a different way no more than 118 characters, as if you were a native American speaker as expert on content creation and dont talk about yourself or your experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia is the only country in the world to have flights to South America and Africa<\/b> operated near Antarctica.<\/b> Four airlines serve these two markets,<\/b> with <\/span>Qantas<\/b> (QF\/QFA) being the main and only Australian carrier,<\/b> offering <\/span>flights from Perth and Sydney to South Africa,<\/b> and to <\/span>Santiago de Chile from Sydney<\/b>\u2018s Kingsford International Airport. <\/span>China Eastern Airlines<\/b> (MU\/CES) and <\/b>LATAM<\/b> (LA\/LAN) operate in the Oceania-South America market,<\/b> while <\/span>South African Airways<\/b> (SA\/SAA) does so in the Oceania-Africa market.<\/b><\/p>\n

The longest route performed is Sydney-Santiago de Chile,<\/b> covering approximately <\/span>11,350 kilometers<\/b>, with a<\/span> flight time of about 12 hours for the Eastbound leg <\/b>(SYD\u2013SCL) and more than <\/span>14 hours for the Westbound trip <\/b>(SCL\u2013SYD). However, in <\/span>February<\/b>, <\/span>South America hosted a historic and unprecedented flight,<\/b> which was <\/span>operated by a SuperJumbo.<\/b><\/p>\n

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On<\/span> February 22nd <\/b>at <\/span>22:28 local time, <\/b>this<\/span> Airbus A380-842 departed Sydney bound for S\u00e3o Paulo Guarulhos <\/b>(GRU\/SBGR),<\/span> Brazil\u2019s main airport.<\/b> The <\/span>aircraft was operating flight QF6043,<\/b> which indicated that it was a <\/span>positioning or ferry flight,<\/b> as <\/span>Qantas uses QF60xx flight numbers for this type of operation.<\/b><\/p>\n

Sydney and S\u00e3o Paulo are separated by more than 13,000 kilometers<\/b>, and there have <\/span>never been commercial passenger flights<\/b> between them.<\/span> Nor have there been commercial flights between Australia and Brazil,<\/b> although <\/span>Qantas had visited some Brazilian airports a few years ago.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Boeing 747-400 in Rio de Janeiro \u2013 August 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its last visit to Brazil was in August 2016,<\/b> during the <\/span>Olympic Games<\/b> held in Rio de Janeiro.<\/b> The <\/span>Boeing 747-438(ER),<\/b> with registration <\/span>VH-OEG,<\/b> operated a <\/span>charter flight between Rio de Janeiro and Sydney<\/b> to bring back the Australian athletes after their participation in the Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previously, as can be seen on <\/span>JetPhotos<\/b><\/a>, the <\/span>Australian airline had performed several charter flights to three Brazilian cities<\/b> in particular, being <\/span>Foz do Igua\u00e7u <\/b>(IGU\/SBFI),<\/span> Manaus <\/b>(MAO\/SBEG),<\/span> and Rio de Janeiro Gale\u00e3o.<\/b> The <\/span>three cities were part of world tours<\/b> organized by travel agencies,<\/span> flying on board Qantas Boeing 747-300 or Boeing 747-400 <\/b>aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Boeing 747-300 in Manaus \u2013 October 2006<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 23:18 local time<\/b> on the <\/span>same day<\/b>, <\/span>14 hours and 50 minutes following its departure,<\/b> the <\/span>Airbus A380-842 landed on runway 09R<\/b> at <\/span>Guarulhos Airport in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/b> It <\/span>parked at the airport\u2019s new terminal <\/b>(T3) right next to another <\/span>Airbus A380, Emirates\u2019 A6-EVN,<\/b> which was <\/span>operating flight EK261\/262 on the Dubai-S\u00e3o Paulo-Dubai route.<\/b><\/p>\n

Six hours after arrival,<\/b> more precisely on <\/span>February 23rd at 05:48 local time,<\/b> the <\/span>Airbus A380-800 departed from Guarulhos Airport on flight QF308 to Sydney,<\/b> with a <\/span>stopover in Auckland<\/b> (AKL\/NZAA), which was finally not made, arriving in Sydney from Sao Paulo at 09:49 local time on February 24th.<\/strong> The flight between Sao Paulo and Sydney took 16 hours<\/strong> and 28 minutes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Boeing 747-400 in Foz do Igua\u00e7u \u2013 June 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The million-dollar question. <\/span>What was the reason for the flight to Brazil of a Qantas Airbus A380?<\/b><\/p>\n

According to the Brazilian aviation media <\/span>AEROIN<\/b><\/a>, the <\/span>SuperJumbo was chartered by Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny,<\/b> as he had <\/span>performed in S\u00e3o Paulo on February 21st and was due to fly to Australia to continue his world tour called <\/b>\u201c<\/span>DeB\u00cd TiRAR M\u00e1S FOToS.\u201d<\/span><\/i> Therefore, this <\/span>A380 flew to the Brazilian city on a ferry flight,<\/b> i.e., <\/span>without passengers on board,<\/b> and returned to <\/span>Oceania with Bad Bunny and 244 other passengers on board,<\/b> as reported by <\/span>Analytic Flying<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Flight QF308 between S\u00e3o Paulo and Sydney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brazil does not have non-stop flights to Australia <\/b>or <\/span>New Zealand.<\/b> Oceania is the only continent to which Brazil does not have regular non-stop flights,<\/b> mainly due to the long distance involved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding Latin American <\/b>countries, <\/span>Chile and Argentina are the only ones connected to Oceania via non-stop flights,<\/b> with <\/span>Chile being the main market.<\/b> LATAM is the market-leading airline<\/b> with <\/span>three routes,<\/b> followed by <\/span>Qantas<\/b>, which<\/span> has been offering flights to the Chilean capital for 14 years.<\/b><\/p>\n

For its part, <\/span>Argentina resumed flights to Oceania in December last year,<\/b> a <\/span>historically important market for the country with which it had not been connected since March 2020.<\/b> The <\/span>only airline operating is China Eastern Airlines, China\u2019s second-largest airline,<\/b> with <\/span>Boeing 777-300(ER) aircraft <\/b>configured for <\/span>316 passengers.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Route<\/th>\nAirline<\/th>\nFlight(s)<\/th>\nAircraft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Auckland – Buenos Aires<\/td>\nChina Eastern<\/td>\n2 weekly<\/td>\nBoeing 777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santiago – Auckland<\/td>\nLATAM<\/td>\n4 weekly<\/td>\nBoeing 787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santiago – Melbourne<\/td>\nLATAM<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\nBoeing 787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Santiago – Sydney<\/td>\nLATAM<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\nBoeing 787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sydney – Santiago<\/td>\nQantas<\/td>\n6 weekly<\/td>\nBoeing 787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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In addition, <\/span>LATAM operates between Santiago de Chile and Easter Island<\/b> (<\/span>Isla de Pascua in Spanish<\/span><\/i> or <\/span>Rapa Nui in the local language<\/span><\/i>), a <\/span>Chilean island located in the Pacific Ocean<\/b>, which is<\/span> considered part of Oceania.<\/b><\/p>\n

To read more about the history of flights between Oceania and Argentina, <\/b>click here<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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LATAM\u2019s 787-9 in Melbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first regular flights between Oceania and Latin America began in the 1980s,<\/b> but services between <\/span>Oceania and Africa had already been operating for about 30 years by that time.<\/b><\/p>\n

On November 14th, 1948, Qantas Empire Airways made history by connecting the continents of Oceania and Africa in an unprecedented first-ever flight,<\/b> operating a <\/span>test trip between Sydney and Johannesburg using an Avro Lancastrian,<\/b> a British-Canadian aircraft produced in the <\/span>1940s and 1950s.<\/b><\/p>\n

The route <\/b>in question <\/span>consisted of four stops:<\/b> Melbourne, Perth, the Cocos Islands, and Mauritius.<\/b> It <\/span>arrived in the South African city on November 20th<\/b> after a <\/span>six-day flight totaling 42 hours in the air.<\/b> On the <\/span>return trip<\/b>, the <\/span>aircraft followed the same route,<\/b> with the <\/span>addition of a technical stop in R\u00e9union between Johannesburg and Mauritius.<\/b><\/p>\n

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South African\u2019s Boeing 707 in Melbourne \u2013 September 1973<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the<\/span> first scheduled flight,<\/b> it took place on<\/span> September 1st, 1952,<\/b> also <\/span>operated by Qantas,<\/b> though in this case <\/span>using Lockheed Constellation L-749A aircraft.<\/b> For the first few years, the <\/span>airline operated the same route,<\/b> later <\/span>replacing the stopover in Perth with one in Darwin,<\/b> which<\/span> reduced the total travel time.<\/b><\/p>\n

Qantas was the only carrier in this market until 1957,<\/b> when the <\/span>Australian airline signed an agreement with South African Airways to operate between the two countries on alternate weeks.<\/b> Flights continued to be operated<\/b> by <\/span>Qantas <\/b>using its <\/span>Constellations<\/b>, while <\/span>SAA did so with Douglas DC-7s.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Electra in Melbourne \u2013 November 1965<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thus, <\/span>South African Airways launched its flights to Australia on October 29th, 1957,<\/b> providing the <\/span>Johannesburg-Mauritius-Cocos Island-Perth route.<\/b> Qantas was the only airline connecting South Africa<\/b> with <\/span>Melbourne <\/b>and <\/span>Sydney on the same flight.<\/b><\/p>\n

Over the years,<\/b> the <\/span>number of stopovers and total flight hours gradually decreased with the introduction of more modern aircraft<\/b> with <\/span>greater range<\/b>. There were also <\/span>periods when only one airline operated<\/b>\u2014either <\/span>Qantas <\/b>or <\/span>South African Airways<\/b>\u2014though <\/span>both are currently active in this market.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Qantas and SAL (South African) in Sydney \u2013 June 1985<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qantas commenced the 21st century with a major announcement,<\/b> confirming the<\/span> launch of nonstop flights between Sydney and Johannesburg starting in 2001<\/b> using <\/span>Boeing 747-400 aircraft.<\/b> Meanwhile, <\/span>South African Airways continued to serve Perth,<\/b> having <\/span>replaced its Boeing 747s <\/b>with <\/span>Airbus A340-200s.<\/b><\/p>\n

In <\/span>2020<\/b>, following its bankruptcy, <\/span>South African Airways ceased operations on its Johannesburg-Perth route,<\/b> which it was performing <\/span>by Airbus A340-300<\/b> aircraft. As a result, <\/span>Qantas became the sole operator on the South Africa-Australia market,<\/b> using <\/span>Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner<\/b> aircraft, as the <\/span>Boeing 747-400(ER)s had been grounded due to the pandemic. <\/b><\/p>\n

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South African Airways\u2019 Airbus A340 in Perth \u2013 August 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After recovering and gradually resuming operations,<\/b> the <\/span>South African airline confirmed in January 2024<\/b> that it would <\/span>resume service to Perth<\/b>, <\/span>reestablishing its connection with Australia following a four-year hiatus.<\/b> The <\/span>flights<\/b>, also <\/span>operated by Airbus A340-300<\/b> aircraft, <\/span>were restarted on April 28th, 2024,<\/b> three times a week.<\/b> Due to <\/span>strong demand<\/b>, this <\/span>frequency was maintained<\/b>, increasing to<\/span> five weekly flights in November 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n

On <\/span>September 30th, 2024,<\/b> Qantas introduced the Airbus A380-800 on its flights between Sydney and Johannesburg<\/b>, marking a <\/span>historic milestone as these were the first services in this market with the SuperJumbos.<\/b> The <\/span>Airbus A380s replaced the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, boosting the number of seats offered per flight<\/b> from <\/span>236 <\/b>to <\/span>485<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Boeing 787 in Johannesburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The<\/span> first flight with the Airbus A380<\/b> was <\/span>operated by the registered VH-OQH,<\/b> departing <\/span>Sydney at 10:20 local time and arriving in Johannesburg the same day at 16:22<\/b> local time<\/b>.<\/b> Since then,<\/span> all flights on this route were conducted by the Airbus A380,<\/b> with <\/span>four to six weekly frequencies<\/b> depending on the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The most recent update to the Oceania-Africa market<\/b> took place on<\/span> December 7th, 2025,<\/b> following the<\/span> inauguration of a second regular route operated by the Australian carrier.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Qantas\u2019 Airbus A380 in Johannesburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Qantas launched its flights between Perth and Johannesburg,<\/b> which it will <\/span>operate three times per week using Airbus A330-200 aircraft<\/b> configured for <\/span>243 passengers<\/b>. The <\/span>oneworld member entered the market served by South African Airways,<\/b> competing <\/b>for the first time on a <\/span>nonstop route between the two continents.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Route<\/th>\nAirline<\/th>\nFlight(s)<\/th>\nAircraft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Perth – Johannesburg<\/td>\nQantas<\/td>\n3 weekly<\/td>\nAirbus A330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johannesburg – Perth<\/td>\nSouth African<\/td>\n5 weekly<\/td>\nAirbus A340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sydney – Johannesburg<\/td>\nQantas<\/td>\n4 weekly<\/td>\nAirbus A380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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map via gcmap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Throughout its history,<\/b> the <\/span>Australian airline operated 12 Airbus A380-800s,<\/b> all of which <\/span>were incorporated brand new from the factory between September 2008 and December 2011.<\/b> They are <\/span>all operational except for two,<\/b> with registration numbers <\/span>VH-OQE<\/b> and <\/span>VH-OQF,<\/b> which <\/span>were withdrawn in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic<\/b>. Both are <\/span>parked at Victorville International Airport<\/b> (VCV\/KVCV), <\/span>partially scrapped.<\/b><\/p>\n

The <\/span>10 active Airbus A380-800s are based in Sydney,<\/b> operating <\/span>flights to Africa, America, Asia, and Europe.<\/b> According to our database, in addition to <\/span>Johannesburg, Dallas, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, and Singapore are included in the schedule.<\/b><\/p>\n

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map via gcmap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/th>\nCity<\/th>\nFlight(s)<\/th>\nSeats<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Singapore<\/td>\nSingapore (SIN)<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\n3,395 weekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Africa<\/td>\nJohannesburg (JNB)<\/td>\n4 weekly<\/td>\n1,940 weekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United Kingdom<\/td>\nLondon Heathrow (LHR)<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\n3,395 weekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\nDallas (DFW)<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\n3,395 weekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\nLos Angeles (LAX)<\/td>\n7 weekly<\/td>\n3,395 weekly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Qantas operates the Sydney \u2013 Singapore \u2013 London Heathrow <\/b>route and vice versa with <\/span>Airbus A380 aircraft on a daily basis,<\/b> with <\/span>traffic rights on the Singapore \u2013 London \u2013 Singapore leg.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Cover photo: \u00a9 Cooper.Aviation \u2013 JetPhotos (Sydney, Australia)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Australia is the only country in the world to have flights to South America and Africa operated near Antarctica. Four airlines serve these two markets, with Qantas (QF\/QFA) being the main and only Australian carrier, offering flights from Perth and Sydney to South Africa, and to Santiago de Chile from Sydney\u2018s Kingsford International Airport. China […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[940,502,4561,3092,582,3096,3097,1182,234,3095,4560,4713,11961,11962,3093,11964,5654,3088,338,11963,3094,3098],"class_list":{"0":"post-14021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airlines","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-blog","11":"tag-characters","12":"tag-connections","13":"tag-content","14":"tag-creation","15":"tag-dont","16":"tag-experience","17":"tag-expert","18":"tag-flightradar24","19":"tag-intercontinental","20":"tag-la-lan","21":"tag-mu-ces","22":"tag-native","23":"tag-oceanias","24":"tag-qf-qfa","25":"tag-rephrase","26":"tag-routes","27":"tag-sa-saa","28":"tag-speaker","29":"tag-talk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14023,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14021\/revisions\/14023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfanouscar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}