{"id":163700,"date":"2025-01-03T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-few-airlines-route-transoceanic-flights-along-southern-hemisphere\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:00:15","slug":"why-few-airlines-route-transoceanic-flights-along-the-southern-hemisphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=163700","title":{"rendered":"Why Few Airlines Route Transoceanic Flights Along The Southern Hemisphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered why minimal trans-oceanic flights exist in the Southern Hemisphere? Looking at a map, it’s easy to see plenty of large bodies of water, such as the South Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean. This makes it difficult for some airlines to operate commercial flights safely. That’s where ETOPS<\/a><\/span> comes into play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The challenge for airlines is that flights would have to operate without suitable diversion options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,273,13240,1741,6271,515,406],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-australia","category-commercial-aviation","category-diversions","category-etops","category-qantas","category-routes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t