Just for fun Round The World

[Clive]

Just for fun I thought about plotting an RTW trip with flight sectors of a maximum 9 hours. I suppose one could set themselves all sorts of criteria to plan a fantasy trip round the globe.

Anyway here’s what I came up with, with flight times taken from FR24

GLA-KEF 2hrs 0 mins
KEF-SEA 7.45
SEA-HNL 5.30
HNL-HND 8.43
HND-HKG 5.35
HKG-DXB 8.34
DXB-GLA 7.14

[FlyGLA]

Nice!

I've gone a bit overboard with the stops, but it would be an incredible trip!

EXT-DUB-JFK-DFW-LAS-LAX-HNL-APW-BNE-SYD-SIN-MLE-MRU-TNR-CPT-NBO-CAI-ATH-BUD-AMS-EXT

EXT ⇾ DUB 357 km
DUB ⇾ JFK 5117 km
JFK ⇾ DFW 2239 km
DFW ⇾ LAS 1698 km
LAS ⇾ LAX 380 km
LAX ⇾ HNL 4113 km
HNL ⇾ APW 4182 km
APW ⇾ BNE 3915 km
BNE ⇾ SYD 751 km
SYD ⇾ SIN6 288 km
SIN ⇾ MLE 3402 km
MLE ⇾ MRU 3228 km
MRU ⇾ TNR 1085 km
TNR ⇾ CPT 3318 km
CPT ⇾ NBO 4087 km
NBO ⇾ CAI 3529 km
CAI ⇾ ATH 1106 km
ATH ⇾ BUD 1123 km
BUD ⇾ AMS 1171 km
AMS ⇾ EXT 594 km
Total:51682 km

[awwdabaaby]

I drew one up years ago which hit alot of major cities (capitals etc plus others) as well as alot of the islands in the Pacific

[atuk]

Here is a real journey I did eight years ago.

EDI-HEL AY E90
HEL-BKK AY 359
BKK-HKG CX 333
HKG-SFO CX 77W
SFO-LAX AA 73H
LAX-LAS AA 73H
LAS-LHR BA 744
LHR -EDI BA 321

[Clive]

Other criterias which one could challenge themselves with could include

Only lo co carriers (Pacific island hopping might not be possible)
Only narrow body aircraft
Touching all continents (except Antarctica)
Or far less interestingly flying entirely with specific airline alliances but that’s too easy

I think what makes it interesting is the element of challenge and having to research and refine routes to meet the test.

[FlyGLA]

There are certainly lots of interesting concepts to explore, and I plan to try some out and share the results.

On a related note, I've always liked the idea of a game I'd call "Skyscanner Lottery." The idea is simple: you enter your departure date and airport, for example, departing from GLA on 1st April, and book the cheapest international flight available that day. You then spend 24 to 48 hours in that city before taking the next cheapest international flight to a new destination. The only rule is that you can't return to a place you've already visited.

I've tried a few test runs of this, and as you can imagine, it could take you to some weird and wonderful places!

[1-11]

Here must be the shortest RTW trip. ( theoretical only )

Gla - Yvr - Vvo - Gla

3 segments, each about 5K miles, and a total of 14,127miles

Ideal for those of us who like Winter Landscapes.

[McG]

With the current Russian overflights ban, you can do LHR/CDG/FRA/MUC to HND or AMS/CDG to NRT as a 2 leg RTW flight.

Leg 1 takes you down thru Europe, Turkey and into China before getting to Japan.

Leg 2 takes you out over the Pacific and up over the top of Alaska, Canada and onwards to Europe.

[egpffqtv]

I'm sure many of you will know but the 2 major alliances have websites that help plan your round the world trips.

Star Alliance - https://roundtheworld.staralliance.com/ ... bmit=false

OneWorld - https://rtw.oneworld.com/rtw/