When going from the USA to Australia why do flights take such a long route across all the countries? Why not go the other way round? - Quora
![Qantas makes history after the longest non-stop commercial flight touches down in Sydney | Daily Mail Online Qantas makes history after the longest non-stop commercial flight touches down in Sydney | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/10/20/11/19952922-7592491-image-a-30_1571567600315.jpg)
Qantas makes history after the longest non-stop commercial flight touches down in Sydney | Daily Mail Online
![Qantas plans to resume direct flights from UK to Australia in December but to Darwin not Perth - HCA Barbieri News Qantas plans to resume direct flights from UK to Australia in December but to Darwin not Perth - HCA Barbieri News](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/26/11/47122815-9928827-image-m-19_1629973154922.jpg)
Qantas plans to resume direct flights from UK to Australia in December but to Darwin not Perth - HCA Barbieri News
![New ultra-long-haul route to launch between Chicago and Brisbane | The Independent | The Independent New ultra-long-haul route to launch between Chicago and Brisbane | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/07/24/07/brisbane-chicago.png?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
New ultra-long-haul route to launch between Chicago and Brisbane | The Independent | The Independent
![On the ground at Sydney for a short, early morning flight to Melbourne. Flight time of just under 2 hours. Australia is a country i very rarely fly in in F.S so On the ground at Sydney for a short, early morning flight to Melbourne. Flight time of just under 2 hours. Australia is a country i very rarely fly in in F.S so](https://preview.redd.it/m8pc2yytnfy51.png?auto=webp&s=da42dd948892a555570c8ab5706107d9798ff4fa)
On the ground at Sydney for a short, early morning flight to Melbourne. Flight time of just under 2 hours. Australia is a country i very rarely fly in in F.S so
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