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Tai's Travels - Year 9
This
page records the seventh year of Tai's travels with Emirates Airline, starting
from 1 December 2012. The most
recent flight is shown first.
Links
Tai's Travels Year
One - 69 trips
Tai's Travels Year Two -
69 trips
Tai's travels Year Three
- 87 trips
Tai's travels Year Four -
79 trips
Tai's travels Year Five - 72
trips
Tai's Travels Year Six -
80 trips
Tai's Travels Year Seven - 77 trips
Tai's travels Year Eight -
67 trips (2 months unpaid leave in year)
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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(twice!) |
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 Morgan
Richard Tsvangirai is the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He is President of the
Movement for Democratic Change |
 Muhammad
Yunus - founder of Grameen Bank, and 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for
Peace. |
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Fernando Torres - gbp50 million footballer and once upon a time goalscorer |
 Hrithik
Roshan - grumpy Bollywood actor with family. |
 12th
President of Nigeria; in office from 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 - likes
coffee with honey and Baileys - (not at the same time) |
 Evander
Holyfield - the only 4-time World Heavyweight Champion, winning the WBA, WBC,
and IBF titles in 1990, the WBA and IBF titles in 1993 and the WBA title in
1996 and 2000. Famous for his part in "The Bite Fight" in 1997 when Mike
Tyson bit both of Holyfield's ears. |
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Tim
Clark
Gordon
Ramsay - F word chef and TV person
Bob
Geldof - Boomtown Rat - and hunger campaigner.
Sheikh
Rashed Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 
Deepika
Padukone - Bollywood actress
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Trip |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
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691 |
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Milan |
23-25 November 2015 |
91/92 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
690 |
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Vienna |
21-22 November 2015 |
127/128 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
689 |
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Muscat |
18 November 2015 |
|
Overnight turnaround from standby |
|
|
688 |
|
Dar Es Salaam |
13-14 November 2015 |
725/726 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
687 |
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Cochin |
10-11 November 2015 |
532/533 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
686 |
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Basra |
9 November 2015 |
945/946 |
Turnaround |
|
|
685 |
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Khartoum |
7 November 2015 |
733/734 |
Turnaround |
|
|
684 |
120 |
Orlando |
1-4 November 2015 |
219/220 |
Three nights away, two nights layover |
|
| 683 |
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Glasgow |
26-28 October 2015 |
25/26 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
| 682 |
119 |
Mashdad, Iran |
13 October 2015 |
967/968 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
| 681 |
|
Bahrain |
11 October 2015 |
835/836 |
Overnight turnaroud |
|
| 680 |
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Muscat |
8 October 2015 |
866/867 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
679 |
|
Kabul |
2 October 2015 |
640/641 |
Turnaround |
One of the final flights for the A340-500
fleet as A6-ERE makes the final flight to |
|
678 |
|
Nice |
29-30 September 2015 |
77/78 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
677 |
|
Bahrain |
23 September 2015 |
837/838 |
Turnaround |
|
|
676 |
|
Doha |
22 September 2015 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
|
|
675 |
|
Frankfurt |
19-20 September 2015 |
43/44 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
674 |
|
Stockholm |
16-17 September 2015 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
673 |
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Stockholm |
12-13 September 2015 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
672 |
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Frankfurt |
9-10 September 2015 |
43/44 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
671 |
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Bangkok |
6-7 September 2015 |
376/377 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
670 |
118 |
Brussels |
31 August-1 September |
183/184 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
669 |
|
Bangkok |
28-29 August 2015 |
376/377 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
668 |
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Muscat |
26 August 2015 |
|
Turnaround |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Leave |
|
667 |
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Tokyo Narita |
11-13 August 2015 |
318/319 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
|
|
666 |
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Barcelona |
7-9 August 2015 |
187/188 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
665 |
|
Bahrain |
3 August 2015 |
833/834 |
Turnaround |
|
|
664 |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
30 July to 1 August 2015 |
342/343 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
663 |
|
Madrid |
26-28 July 2015 |
143/144 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
662 |
117 |
Chicago |
21-23 July 2015 |
235/236 |
Three days away; one night layover |
|
|
661 |
|
Chennai |
17-18 July 2015 |
544/545 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
660 |
|
Phuket |
12-14 July 2015 |
378/379 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
659 |
|
Male/Colombo |
9-10 July 2015 |
652/653 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
658 |
|
Addis Addaba |
6 July 2015 |
723/724 |
Turnaround |
|
|
657 |
|
Doha |
5 July 2015 |
851/852 |
Turnaround |
|
|
656 |
|
Doha |
4 July 2014 |
851/852 |
Turnaround |
|
|
654 |
|
Amman |
3 July 2015 |
901/902 |
Turnaround from airport standby |
|
|
653 |
|
Hyderabad |
1 July 2015 |
526/527 |
Turnaround |
|
|
652 |
|
Hyderabad |
29 June 2015 |
528/529 |
Turnaround |
|
|
651 |
|
Muscat |
24 June 2015 |
862/863 |
Turnaround |
|
|
650 |
|
Basra |
23 June 2015 |
945/946 |
Turnaround |
|
|
649 |
|
Doha |
20 June 2015 |
881/882 |
Turnaround |
|
|
648 |
|
Delhi |
17 June 2015 |
512/513 |
Overnight turnaround from "can use" |
|
|
647 |
|
Casablanca |
13-14 June 2015 |
751/752 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
     |
|
646 |
|
Larnaca/Malta |
8-9 June 2015 |
107/108 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
     |
|
645 |
|
Hamburg |
3-5 June 2015 |
61/62 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
    |
|
644 |
|
Colombo and Singapore |
28-30 May 2015 |
348/349 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
643 |
|
Bangkok, Sydney and Christchurch |
19-26 May 2015 |
418/419 |
Seven days away. Five nights layover. |
|
|
642 |
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Doha |
16 May 2015 |
|
Turnaround |
|
|
641 |
|
Stockholm |
8-9 May 2015 |
157/158 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
640 |
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Male |
6 May 2015 |
658/659 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
639 |
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Zurich |
2-4 May 2015 |
85/86 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
638 |
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Vienna G2 |
28-30 April 2015 |
125/126 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
637 |
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Lahore G2 |
25 April 2015 |
624/625 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
636 |
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Bangkok G2 |
22-23 April 2015 |
376/377 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
635 |
|
Kharachi G2 |
21 April 2015 |
604/605 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
634 |
|
Bangkok G2 |
17-18 April 2015 |
376/377 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
633 |
|
Hyderabad G2 |
15 April 2015 |
528/529 |
Turnaround |
|
|
632 |
|
Amsterdam G2 |
10-11 April 2015 |
149/150 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
631 |
116 |
Islamabad G2 |
7 April 2015 |
612/613 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
630 |
115 |
Budapest G2 |
2-3 April 2015 |
111/112 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
629 |
|
Bangalore |
31 March - 1 Apilr 2015 |
568/569 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
628 |
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Johannesburg |
26-28 March 2015 |
765/766 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
627 |
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St Petersberg |
20-21 March 2015 |
175/176 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
626 |
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Lyon |
14-15 March 2015 |
81/82 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
625 |
|
Madras |
10-11 March 2015 |
542/543 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
|
|
Annual Leave |
27 February - 8 March 2015 |
|
|
|
|
624 |
|
Bangkok, Sydney, Christchurch |
14-21 February 2015 |
418/419 |
Seven days away. Five nights layover. |
|
|
623 |
|
Stockholm |
10-11February 2015 |
157/158 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
622 |
114 |
Taipei |
6-8 February 2015 |
366/367 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
621 |
|
Kuwait |
4 February 2015 |
859/860 |
Turnaround |
|
|
620 |
|
Doha |
3 February 2015 |
849/850 |
Turnaround |
|
|
619 |
|
Entebbe |
31 January - 1 February 2015 |
729/730 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
618 |
|
Dusseldorf |
26-27 January 2015 |
55/56 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
617 |
|
Stockholm |
22-23 January 2015 |
157/158 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
616 |
|
Amman |
20 January 2015 |
901/902 |
Turnaround |
|
|
615 |
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Manchester |
15-16 January 2015 |
21/22 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
614 |
|
Nairobi |
13 January 2015 |
719/720 |
Turnaround |
|
|
613 |
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Larnaca and Malta |
7-8 January 2015 |
107/108 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
612 |
|
Amman |
6 January 2015 |
905/906 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
611 |
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Kuwait |
5 January 2015 |
873/874 |
Turnaround |
|
|
610 |
|
Hong Kong |
1-3 January 2015 |
386/387 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
609 |
|
Bahrain |
30 December 2014 |
833/834 |
Turnaround |
|
|
608 |
|
Dar es Salaam |
21-22 December 2014 |
725/726 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
|
|
607 |
|
Doha |
20 December 2014 |
851/852 |
Turnaround |
|
|
606 |
|
Doha |
19 December 2014 |
851/852 |
Turnaround |
|
|
605 |
|
Bangkok, Sydney, Christchurch |
9-16 December 2014 |
418/419 |
Seven days away. Five nights layover. |
|
|
604 |
|
Frankfurt |
5-6 December 2014 |
43/44 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
|
|
603 |
|
Hamburg |
1-2 December 2014 |
59/60 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
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Emirates has 137 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. New destinations have been visited as follows.
48 cities visited for the first time
in year 1 in Blue.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 2 in Green.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 3 in
Orange
11cities visited for the first time in year 4
in Purple
2 cities visited for the first time in year 5 in
Grey
9 cities visited for the first time in year 6 in Black
8 cities visited for the first time in year 7 in Brown
6 cities visited for the first time in year 8 in
Light Green
7 cities visited for the first time in
year 9 in Pink
120
Total visited.
18 still to visit in
Red
137 in total at end November 2015 (excluding Dubai)
South Asia [19 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Multan, Peshawar, Sialkot, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.
Asia and Australasia [24 destinations]: Adelaide, Auckland, Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Osaka, Perth, Phuket, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo (Narita) and Tokyo (Haneda).
Europe [38
destinations]: Amsterdam,
Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham,
Bologna,
Brussels, Budapest,
Copenhagen, Dublin,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Geneva, Glasgow,
Hamburg, Istanbul,
Larnaca, Lisbon,
Lyon, London Gatwick,
London Heathrow, Madrid, Malta,
Manchester, Milan, Moscow,
Munich, Newcastle,
Nice, Paris, Oslo,
Prague, St Petersburg, Rome,
Stockholm, Vienna,
Warsaw, Zurich and
Venice.
GCC/Middle East [18 destinations]:
Amman, Bahrain,
Basra,
Baghdad, Beirut,
Damascus,
Erbil, Dhahran (Damman),
Doha, Jeddah, Kabul,
Kuwait, Mashhad, Muscat,
Riyadh, Sana’a,
Tehran, Medinah.
Africa [23destinations]:
Abuja, Abidjan, Accra,
Addis Ababa, Algiers,
Cairo, Cape Town,
Casablanca,
Dar es Salaam,
Dakar, Durban,
Entebbe, Harare,
Johannesburg, Khartoum,
Lagos, Lusaka,
Mauritius, Nairobi,
Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis
and Luanda (Laounde).
Americas [15 destinations]:
Boston,
Dallas,
Chicago, Houston,
Los Angeles,
New York,
Orlando, Panama City (Feb
2016), Sao Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San Francisco,
Seattle,
Toronto and
Washington
Cancelled destinations previously flown to:
Nagoya
Cancelled destinations not flown to:
Kiev, Clark (Manila), Conakry,
Emirates Passenger Destinations:
|
Region |
No of Destinations |
Layovers |
Turnaround |
Visited |
Still to visit |
|
South Asia |
19 |
2 |
17 |
16 |
3 |
|
Asia and Australasia |
24 |
24 |
0 |
20 |
4 |
|
Europe |
38 |
36 |
2 |
34 |
4 |
|
GCC/Middle East |
18 |
0 |
18 |
17 |
1 |
|
Africa |
23 |
21 |
2 |
20 |
3 |
|
Americas |
15 |
15 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
|
Total |
137 |
98 |
39 |
119 |
18 |
| Cancelled destinations previously flown to. | 1 |
Cargo Only to: Gothenburg, Zaragoza, Viracopas (Brazil), Lilongwe, Chittagong, Djibouti, Hanoi, Liege. (8 cargo only) destinations.
Total EK 146. Agreed to Emirates web site.