One entering Johannesburg to Santiago will get the above as one of the flight routes.
It makes no sense at all whatsoever.
Here is the route from flightconnections . com
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For a trip from Johannesburg to Santiago only 1 out of the 5 routes given makes any sense.
This route is the most crazy, and only makes sense when one realizes the true nature of the land.
Most of the routes go up to somewhere, then back down to Santiago.
Out of the 5 routes given four take 25 hours, and the one, that we can also see in this image,
the one seeming to be what we would expect takes 14 hours.
Why do the other routes exist at all? Shouldn't every flight between the two places be that general straight shot?
And then trying to actually book that supposed straight shot route is another thing.
Also none of the flights are a straight shot, they all include stops.
If they can go from Johannesburg to Sydney without stopping,
how is it that they can't go from Johannesburg to Santiago without stopping!?