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Tai's Travels - Year 2

This page records the second year of Tai's travels with Emirates Airline, starting from 3 December 2007

Another 69 trips from Dubai and 156 flights - the same as in Year 1. But only 14 new destinations this year.
The most recent flight is shown first. The map is of countries visited on a layover or a turnaround flight.

Links
Tai's Travel's Year One
Tai's Blog - adventures of an EK jet-setter. Many more pictures.
Emirates Airline - the company's web site
Dubai Airport - the airport's own web site - good arrival/departure information


Tai's Travels - the picture gallery. Pictures from her travels with Emirates are here:

Africa
Europe
Asia and Australia
Americas


create your own visited country map

Flight
No.

New
City No.

Destination

Date

Flight Numbers

Layover Nights

Notes and Pictures

    24 -30 November - off days and home in Bangkok      

 

138

 

Delhi

23 November 2008

510/511

Overnight turnaround

 

137

 

Athens

20 November 2008

105/106

Turnaround

 

136

 

Damascus

18 November 2008

911/912

Turnaround

 

 

 

SEP Renewal

16-17 November 2008

 

 

Annual Training

135

63

Manila

8-10 November 2008

332/335

3 nights away, one night layover

 

134

 

Kuwait

2 November 2008

853/854

Turnaround

Rostered from standby

133

 

Dhaka

30-31 October 2008

582/583

One night layover, two nights away

10-26 October - wedding and honeymoon in Bangkok, Hua Hin and Italy

132

Bangalore

7 October 2008

564/565

Turnaround - from home standby

 first visit to the new BIA airport

131

Singapore/Melbourne

29 Sept to 3 October 2008

404/405

Five nights away; three nights layover

130

Bangkok

23-25 September 2008

372/373

Two nights layover

 

 

18-21 September - off days and home in Bangkok

     

129

Bangkok

14-16 September 2008

372/373

Two nights layover

128

Amman

11 Sept 2008

901/902

Turnaround

126

Damascus

6 September 2008

913/914

Turnaround

125

Karachi

5 September 2008

600/601

Turnaround

124

62

Kozhikode

3 September 2008

562/3

Turnaround

123

Bangkok and Hong Kong

29 August - 1 September 2008

384/385

4 nights away, 3 nights layover

122

Karachi

26 August 2008

 

 

21-25 August - off days and home in Bangkok

     

121

Tehran

20 August 2008

120

Munich

16-17 August 20008

One night layover

119

Tehran

14 August 2008

118

Sydney and Christchurch

6-11 August 2008

412/3

Five nights away - three nights layover

117

Rome

1-2 August 2008

95/96

One night layover

116

Tehran

30 July 2008

971/972

Turnaround

115

Casablanca

26-28 July 2008

751/752

One night layover

114

London Heathrow

22-24 July 2008

1/2

One night layover

Harrods shopping

113

Hong Kong

16-18 July 2008

380/381

Two nights away - one night layover

112

Frankfurt

12-14 July 2008

47/48

One night layover

111

Beirut

10 July 2008

953/954

Turnaround

110

61

Ahmedabad

6-7 July 2008

538/539

Turnaround

109

59/60

Addis Ababa and Entebbe

2-5 July 2008

723/724

108

Cairo

1 July 2008

923/924

Turnaround

107

Birmingham

20-21 June 2008

39/40

One night layover

No pictures

106

Rome/Nice/Rome

16-17 June 2008

95/96/98

One night layover in Rome

105

Bangkok

12-13 June 2008

372/3

One night layover

No pictures - too busy !

104

Karachi

11 June 2008

600/601

Turnaround

103

58

Dar Es Salaam

6-7 June 2008

725/726

One night layover

102

Beijing

1-3 June 2008

308/309

Two nights away - one night layover

101

57

Damascus

30 May 2008

911/912

100

Zurich

26-27 May 2008

87/88

One night layover

Tai's 100th trip with Emirates!!

99

Mumbai

25 May 2008

504/505

Turnaround

98

Hong Kong

17-19 May 2008

380/381

Two nights away - one night layover

97

London

12-14 May 2008

29/30

Two nights away - one night layover

Forgot the camera - so no pictures of the poor guy mugged on Oxford St.

96

56

Doha

10 May 2008

847/8

Turnaround

95

Karachi

8 May 2008

604/5

Turnaround

94

London

5-6 May 2008

007/8

Two nights

Late change London instead of Dhaka

93

Zurich

29-30 April 2008

87/88

One night

92

London Heathrow

25-27 April 2008

003/004

Two nights away - one night layover

91

Karachi

24 April 2008

600/601

Turnaround

90

55

Birmingham

20-22 April 2008

39/40

One night layover

   

Vacation - Bangkok and Hanoi

       

89

Karachi

8 April 2008

600/601

Turnaround - from standby

88

Hyderabad

6-7 April 2008

524/525

Turnaround from home standby

87

 

Sydney and Christchurch

25 -30 March 2008

412/3

5 nights away and 3 nights layover - called out from airport standby

86

 

Trivandrum

21 March 2008

522

Turnaround

Called out from airport standby - first duty free sales!

   

EK Training Centre for Business Class Upgrade Training

13-20 March 2008

     

85

Hyderabad

11 March 2008

526/527

Turnaround

84

 

Glasgow

7-8 March 2008

25/26

1night layover

Sorry - no pictures! Called out from standby - and first flight as business class crew

 

 

Vacation - Hong Kong and Bangkok and a return through Kuala Lumpur

22 Feb to 3 March 2008

 

 

 

83

 

Athens

19 - 20 February 2008

105/6

1 night layover

82

 

Bangkok

12-16 February 2008

386/387

3 nights in Bangkok, four nights away

Time to go home!

81

53/54

Larnaca and Malta

8 - 9 February 2008

107/8

1 night layover

80

52

Seoul

3 - 5 February 2008

322/323

1 night layover, three nights away

79

 

Venice

28-29 January 2008

135/136

1 night layover

78

51

Glasgow

25-27 January 2008

25/26

1 night layover

77

 

Tehran

23 January 2008

975/6

Overnight turnaround

 

76

 

Bangkok and Hong Kong

12-16 January 2008

372/386/387

3 nights layover, 4 nights away.

75

 

Shanghai

6-8 January 2008

302/3

1 night layover; 3 nights away

No pictures - too foggy !!

74

 

Vienna

2-4 January 2008

137/8

One night layover

73

 

Zurich

26-28 December 2007

85/86

1 night layover, 2 nights away

72

50 - AKL

Bangkok, Sydney and Auckland

15-22 December 2007

418/419

5 nights layover, 7 nights away. (too long !)

71

 

New York (after a four hour fog delay!)

9-11 December 2007

201/202

1 night (30 hours) in New York away 2 nights

70

 

Munich

3-4 December 2007

49/50

One night layover

Emirates has 90 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. Destinations in red have not yet been visited.

49 visited in year 1 in Blue.
14 visited in year 2 in Green.
27 still to visit in Red

90 in total !

Indian Subcontinent [17 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.

East Asia and Australasia [18 destinations]: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney.

Europe [22 destinations]: Athens, Birmingham, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Istanbul, Larnaca, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Malta, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Zurich and Venice.

GCC/Middle East [13 destinations]: Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Dhahran, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Riyadh, Sana’a and Tehran.

Africa [16 destinations]: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Mauritius, Nairobi, Seychelles, Tripoli and Tunis.

Americas [5 destinations]: Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo and Toronto. Emirates will launch services to San Francisco from 15th December.