I will be visiting a cousin in a year or so; she lives in Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). It's too soon, but I was checking fares just to see what I'm working with. I plan to go in January (when it's warm in JNB):
SAA: $1359
DAL: $1068
SAA leaves direct out of JFK, while if I took DAL, I'd be connecting in ATL. With nearly 8000mi between ATL and JNB each way, I'd rather earn the SkyMiles and fly the 777LR!
I was on Great Circle Mapper, and nearly the entire route is over the Atlantic Ocean: 15 hours outbound and nearly 17 inbound. Is this safe? What are the chances of a failure of some sort in a twin-jet over this wide stretch of ocean?
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