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Tai's Travels - Year 3
This
page records the third year (87 trips) of Tai's travels with Emirates
Airline, starting from 1 December 2008. Many more turnarounds this year as
flying hours have been increased for all crew.
The most recent flight is shown first.
The map is of countries visited on a layover or a turnaround flight. Note year 3
is already up to 75 trips in the ten months to the end of September.
Links
Tai's Travels
Year One - 69 trips
Tai's Travels Year Two - 69
trips
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
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Tai's well known passengers |
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Tim
Clark
Gordon Ramsay
- F word chef and TV
person
Bob Geldof
- Boomtown Rat - and
hunger campaigner.
create your own visited country map
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Flight |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
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225 |
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Seoul |
28 November-30 November 2009 |
322/323 |
3 nights away - one night layover |
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224 |
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Bangkok and Hong Kong |
22 November- 25 November 2009 |
384/385 |
4 nights away; 2 nights layover |
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223 |
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Sanaa |
18 November 2009 |
961/962 |
Turnaround |
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SEP Recurrent Training |
16 and 17 November 2009 |
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222 |
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Istanbul |
13 November 2009 |
123/124 |
Turnaround |
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221 |
77 |
Khartoum |
11 November 2009 |
733/734 |
Turnaround |
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220 |
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Karachi |
10 November 2009 |
600/601 |
Turnaround |
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219 |
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
5 November - 8 November 2009 |
384/385 |
4 nights away; 2 nights layover |
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218 |
76 |
Osaka (at last) |
30 October - 2 November 2009 |
316/317 |
3 nights away - 1 night layover |
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217 |
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Delhi |
28 October 2009 |
516/517 |
Turnaround |
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216 |
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Bahrain |
27 October 2009 |
837/838 |
Turnaround |
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215 |
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Munich |
23 October 2009 |
49/50 |
One night layover |
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Annual Leave and Days Off 9 -22 October |
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214 |
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Dhaka |
7 October 2009 |
584/585 |
Turnaround |
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213 |
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Delhi |
5 October 2009 |
414/515 |
Turnaround |
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212 |
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Dhaka |
3 October 2009 |
584/585 |
Turnaround |
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211 |
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Hyderabad |
29 September 2009 |
528/529 |
Turnaround |
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210 |
Hyderabad |
27 September 2009 |
528/529 |
Turnaround |
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209 |
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Dusseldorf |
24-25 September 2009 |
57/58 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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208 |
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Venice |
19-20 September 2009 |
135/136 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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207 |
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Cairo |
17 September 2009 |
923/924 |
Turnaround |
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206 |
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Guangzhou |
11-13 September 2009 |
362/363 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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205 |
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New York |
6-8 September 2009 |
210/202 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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204 |
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Male and Colombo |
31 August - 2 September |
654/656 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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203 |
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Mumbai |
29 August 2009 |
506/507 |
Turnaround |
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202 |
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Mumbai |
27 August 2009 |
506/507 |
Turnaround |
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201 |
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Johannesburg |
23-25 August 2009 |
763/764 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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200 |
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Doha |
22 August 2009 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
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199 |
Manchester |
17-18 August 2009 |
17/18 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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198 |
75 |
Cape Town |
13-14 August 2009 |
770/771 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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197 |
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Hyderabad |
9-10 August 2009 |
524/525 |
Overnight turnaround |
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196 |
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Trivandrum |
7-8 August 2009 |
522/523 |
Overnight turnaround |
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Hamburg |
4-5 August 2009 |
59/60 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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194 |
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Manchester |
31 July - 2 August 2009 |
19/20 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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193 |
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Hong Kong |
26-28 July 2009 |
380/381 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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192 |
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Bombay |
23-24 July 2009 |
500/501 |
Overnight turnaround |
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191 |
74 |
Dhahran |
22 July 2009 |
825/826 |
Turnaround |
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190 |
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Manchester |
18-20 July 2009 |
19/20 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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189 |
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Dusseldorf |
13-15 July 2009 |
57/58 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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188 |
73 |
Muscat |
12 July 2009 |
866/867 |
Overnight turnaround |
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187 |
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Amman |
10 July 2009 |
901/902 |
Turnaround |
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186 |
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Kuwait |
7 July 2009 |
853/854 |
Overnight turnaround |
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Leave. Home to Bangkok to meditate! |
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185 |
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Hyderabad |
28 June 2009 |
526/527 |
Overnight turnaround |
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184 |
72 |
Sana'a, Yemen |
26 June 2009 |
961/962 |
Turnaround |
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183 |
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Perth |
21-22 June 2009 |
420/421 |
3 nights away - 1 night layover |
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182 |
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Birmingham |
15-17 June 2009 |
37/38 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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181 |
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London Heathrow |
12-14 June 2009 |
29/30 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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180 |
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Frankfurt |
8-10 June 2009 |
47/48 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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179 |
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Beirut |
2 June 2009 |
957/958 |
Turnaround from airport standby |
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178 |
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Male, Maldives |
1 June 2009 |
658/659 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
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177 |
71 |
Jakarta |
26-27 May 2009 |
356/357 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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176 |
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Delhi |
22 May 2009 |
516/517 |
Turnaround from standby |
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175 |
70 |
Lahore |
18-19 May 2009 |
622/623 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
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174 |
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Hyderabad (again!) |
15 May 2009 |
528/529 |
Turnaround from standby |
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173 |
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Hyderabad |
13-14 May 2009 |
524/525 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
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172 |
69 |
Singapore and Brisbane (rostered from reserve) |
2-6 May 2009 |
432/433 |
5 nights away - 3 nights layover |
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171 |
68 |
Toronto |
24-28 April 2009 |
241/242 |
4 days away - 3 nights layover |
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Leave - Bangkok |
10-21 April 2009 |
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170 |
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Perth |
7-8 April 2009 |
424/425 |
3 days away - 2 nights layover |
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169 |
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Istanbul |
5 April 2009 |
121/122 |
Turnaround |
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168 |
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Bangalore |
3 April 2009 |
566/567 |
Turnaround |
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167 |
Moscow |
30-31 March |
133/134 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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166 |
Nagoya |
25-28 March 2009 |
314/315 |
4 nights away; 2 nights layover. |
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165 |
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Rome |
20 - 21 March 2009 |
97/98 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
No pictures! |
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164 |
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Karachi |
19 March |
606/607 |
Turnaround |
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163 |
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Nagoya |
14-17 March 2009 |
314/315 |
4 nights away; 2 nights layover. |
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162 |
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Singapore and Melbourne |
5-10 March 2009 |
404/405 |
5 nights away; 3 nights layover |
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Leave 20-28 February - California Dreaming! |
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161 |
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Ahmedabad |
18-19 February 2009 |
538/539 |
Overnight turnaround |
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160 |
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Bahrain |
17 January 2009 |
839/840 |
Turnaround |
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159 |
67 |
Los Angeles |
11-14 February 2009 |
215/216 |
3 nights away - 2 nights layover |
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158 |
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Doha |
7 February 2009 |
845/846 |
Turnaround |
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| 157 | Manchester | 4 - 5 February 2009 | 17/18 | 2 days away - 1 night layover | ||
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156 |
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Nice |
31 January- 1 February 2009 |
77/78 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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Bangkok on leave |
23-30 January 2009 |
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Return diversion on EK385 to Muscat after fog in Dubai. |
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155 |
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Birmingham |
21-22 January 2009 |
39/40 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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154 |
66 |
Calcutta |
18- 19 January 2009 |
572/573 |
Short - 14 hour - layover - 1 night away |
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153 |
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Karachi |
16 January |
606/607 |
Turnaround |
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152 |
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Munich |
11-13 January 2009 |
51/52 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
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151 |
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Doha |
10 January 2009 |
843/844 |
Turnaround |
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150 |
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Karachi |
8 January 2009 |
606/607 |
Turnaround |
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149 |
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Bangalore |
6 January 2009 |
564/565 |
Overnight - early morning - long turn |
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148 |
65 |
Hamburg |
2-3 January 2009 |
59/60 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
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147 |
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Delhi |
30 December 2008 |
516/517 |
Turnaround |
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146 |
64 |
Guangzhou |
26-28 December 2008 |
362/3 |
2 nights away - 1 night layover |
No pix - too busy shopping! |
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145 |
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Bahrain |
24 December 2008 |
835/836 |
Overnight turnaround |
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144 |
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Mumbai |
21 December 2008 |
506/507 |
Turnaround |
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143 |
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Beirut |
19 December 2008 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
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142 |
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Delhi |
15 December 2008 |
510/511 |
Turnaround |
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141 |
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Bangkok |
11-12 December 2008 |
372/373 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
Swapped in return for days off. |
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140 |
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London Gatwick |
3-4 December 208 |
15/16 |
2 days away - 1 night layover |
Called out from standby |
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139 |
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Hyderabad |
1 December 2008 |
528/529 |
Turnaround |
BKK closure meant loss of SIN/BNE flight and instead on airport standby. |
Emirates has 93 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.
14 cities visited in year 3 in
Orange
1 still to visit in
Red
93 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 [12 destinations]: Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Dhahran, Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Riyadh, Sana’a and Tehran.
Africa [18 destinations]: Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Durban, Entebbe, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lagos, Mauritius, Nairobi, Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis and Laounde.
Americas [6 destinations]: Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo, San Francisco and Toronto.