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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
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Flight |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
| 24 -30 November - off days and home in Bangkok |
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138 |
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Delhi |
23 November 2008 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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137 |
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Athens |
20 November 2008 |
105/106 |
Turnaround |
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136 |
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Damascus |
18 November 2008 |
911/912 |
Turnaround |
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SEP Renewal |
16-17 November 2008 |
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Annual Training |
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135 |
63 |
Manila |
8-10 November 2008 |
332/335 |
3 nights away, one night layover |
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134 |
|
Kuwait |
2 November 2008 |
853/854 |
Turnaround |
Rostered from standby |
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133 |
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Dhaka |
30-31 October 2008 |
582/583 |
One night layover, two nights away |
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10-26 October - wedding and honeymoon in Bangkok, Hua Hin and Italy |
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132 |
Bangalore |
7 October 2008 |
564/565 |
Turnaround - from home standby |
first visit to the new BIA airport |
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131 |
Singapore/Melbourne |
29 Sept to 3 October 2008 |
404/405 |
Five nights away; three nights layover |
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130 |
Bangkok |
23-25 September 2008 |
372/373 |
Two nights layover |
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18-21 September - off days and home in Bangkok |
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129 |
Bangkok |
14-16 September 2008 |
372/373 |
Two nights layover |
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128 |
Amman |
11 Sept 2008 |
901/902 |
Turnaround |
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126 |
Damascus |
6 September 2008 |
913/914 |
Turnaround |
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125 |
Karachi |
5 September 2008 |
600/601 |
Turnaround |
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|
124 |
62 |
Kozhikode |
3 September 2008 |
562/3 |
Turnaround |
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123 |
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
29 August - 1 September 2008 |
384/385 |
4 nights away, 3 nights layover |
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122 |
Karachi |
26 August 2008 |
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21-25 August - off days and home in Bangkok |
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121 |
Tehran |
20 August 2008 |
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120 |
Munich |
16-17 August 20008 |
One night layover |
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119 |
Tehran |
14 August 2008 |
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118 |
Sydney and Christchurch |
6-11 August 2008 |
412/3 |
Five nights away - three nights layover |
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117 |
Rome |
1-2 August 2008 |
95/96 |
One night layover |
   |
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116 |
Tehran |
30 July 2008 |
971/972 |
Turnaround |
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115 |
Casablanca |
26-28 July 2008 |
751/752 |
One night layover |
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114 |
London Heathrow |
22-24 July 2008 |
1/2 |
One night layover |
Harrods shopping |
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113 |
Hong Kong |
16-18 July 2008 |
380/381 |
Two nights away - one night layover |
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112 |
Frankfurt |
12-14 July 2008 |
47/48 |
One night layover |
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111 |
Beirut |
10 July 2008 |
953/954 |
Turnaround |
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|
110 |
61 |
Ahmedabad |
6-7 July 2008 |
538/539 |
Turnaround |
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|
109 |
59/60 |
Addis Ababa and Entebbe |
2-5 July 2008 |
723/724 |
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108 |
Cairo |
1 July 2008 |
923/924 |
Turnaround |
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|
107 |
Birmingham |
20-21 June 2008 |
39/40 |
One night layover |
No pictures |
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|
106 |
Rome/Nice/Rome |
16-17 June 2008 |
95/96/98 |
One night layover in Rome |
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105 |
Bangkok |
12-13 June 2008 |
372/3 |
One night layover |
No pictures - too busy ! |
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|
104 |
Karachi |
11 June 2008 |
600/601 |
Turnaround |
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|
103 |
58 |
Dar Es Salaam |
6-7 June 2008 |
725/726 |
One night layover |
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|
102 |
Beijing |
1-3 June 2008 |
308/309 |
Two nights away - one night layover |
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|
101 |
57 |
Damascus |
30 May 2008 |
911/912 |
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|
100 |
Zurich |
26-27 May 2008 |
87/88 |
One night layover |
Tai's 100th trip with Emirates!! |
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|
99 |
Mumbai |
25 May 2008 |
504/505 |
Turnaround |
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98 |
Hong Kong |
17-19 May 2008 |
380/381 |
Two nights away - one night layover |
   |
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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. |
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96 |
56 |
Doha |
10 May 2008 |
847/8 |
Turnaround |
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95 |
Karachi |
8 May 2008 |
604/5 |
Turnaround |
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94 |
London |
5-6 May 2008 |
007/8 |
Two nights |
Late change London instead of Dhaka |
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93 |
Zurich |
29-30 April 2008 |
87/88 |
One night |
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92 |
London Heathrow |
25-27 April 2008 |
003/004 |
Two nights away - one night layover |
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91 |
Karachi |
24 April 2008 |
600/601 |
Turnaround |
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|
90 |
55 |
Birmingham |
20-22 April 2008 |
39/40 |
One night layover |
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Vacation - Bangkok and Hanoi |
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|
89 |
Karachi |
8 April 2008 |
600/601 |
Turnaround - from standby |
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|
88 |
Hyderabad |
6-7 April 2008 |
524/525 |
Turnaround from home standby |
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|
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 |
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|
85 |
Hyderabad |
11 March 2008 |
526/527 |
Turnaround |
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|
84 |
|
Glasgow |
7-8 March 2008 |
25/26 |
1night layover |
Sorry - no pictures! Called out from standby - and first flight as business class crew |
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Vacation - Hong Kong and Bangkok and a return through Kuala Lumpur |
22 Feb to 3 March 2008 |
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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 |
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|
73 |
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Zurich |
26-28 December 2007 |
85/86 |
1 night layover, 2 nights away |
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|
72 |
50 - AKL |
Bangkok, Sydney and Auckland |
15-22 December 2007 |
418/419 |
5 nights layover, 7 nights away. (too long !) |
   |
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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 |
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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.