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Tai's Travels - Year One
This page records Tai's travels with Emirates
Airline. The most recent
flight is shown first. The map is of countries visited on a layover or a
turnaround flight.
Links
Tai's Travels - Year
Two
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
So that is the first year of flying with EK. 69 trips out of Dubai in twelve months, visiting 49 new cities; some for turnarounds only but memorable visits to Venice, Nagoya, Shanghai and Beijing, Sydney, Christchurch, New York, Rome and Paris, just to mention a few.
Few delays, a little turbulence, one apparent near miss, and too many meals ate standing up! Follow the link above for year two.
Tai's Travels - the picture gallery. Follow these links:
Australia and New Zealand United Kingdom Europe Far East Africa
|
Flight |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
|
69 |
|
Istanbul |
29 November 2007 |
121/122 |
Turnaround |
52 weeks to the day since graduation on 30 November 2006 |
|
68 |
|
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
24-27 November 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights - 2 night layover in BKK. |
   |
|
67 |
49 |
Venice |
18-19 November 2007 |
135/136 |
One night layover |
   |
|
66 |
|
Karachi |
16 November 2007 |
602/603 |
Turnaround |
|
|
65 |
|
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
8-11 November 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights - 2 night layover in BKK. |
   Making
recycling attractive ! |
|
64 |
|
Hyderabad |
6 Nov 2007 |
526/527 |
Turnaround |
|
|
63 |
|
Bangkok/Hong Kong |
28-31 October 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights - 2 night layover in BKK. |
|
|
62 |
47/48 |
Singapore and Melbourne |
21-25 October 2007 |
404/405 |
Away 5 nights - 3 nights layover. |
|
|
61 |
46 |
Frankfurt |
16-17 October 2007 |
45/46 |
One night layover |
|
|
|
|
Bangkok and Pai |
5-13 October 2007 |
Vacation |
|
|
|
60 |
Bangkok/Hong Kong |
30 Sept to 3 October 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights - 2 night layover in BKK. |
|
|
|
59 |
|
Paris |
25-27 September 2007 |
75/76 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
58 |
Hong Kong |
20-22 Sept 2007 |
380/381 |
1 night layover, 2 nights away |
|
|
|
57 |
|
Beijing |
15-17 Sept 2007 |
308/309 |
2 nights layover |
|
|
56 |
45 |
Istanbul |
13 Sept 2007 |
121/122 |
Turnaround |
|
|
55 |
|
Nagoya |
9 - 11 Sept 2007 |
314/315 |
1 night layover, 3 nights away |
|
|
|
|
Bangkok |
4-7 Sept 2007 |
Vacation |
|
|
|
54 |
44 |
Bangalore |
3 Sept 2007 |
516/517 |
Turnaround |
Last flight from standby - almost 100 hours flying in 4 weeks. |
|
53 |
|
Tehran |
1 Sept 2007 |
975/6 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
52 |
|
Johannesburg |
28-30 August 2007 |
761/2 |
1 night layover |
   |
|
51 |
43 |
New York - JFK |
22-24 August 2007 |
201/202 |
1 night layover, 2 nights away |
   |
|
50 |
|
Bahrain |
19 Aug 2007 |
830/840 |
Turnaround |
50th operational roster from Dubai and a short turnaround from standby |
|
49 |
42 |
Karachi |
17 Aug 2007 |
602/603 |
Turnaround |
from standby |
|
48 |
41 |
Dhaka |
15 Aug 2007 |
584/585 |
Turnaround |
from standby |
|
47 |
|
Mumbai |
12/13 Aug 2007 |
500/501 |
Overnight |
from standby |
|
46 |
40 |
Amman, Jordan |
11 Aug 2007 |
3901/2 |
Turnaround |
from airport standby |
|
45 |
39 |
Casablanca |
8-10 August 2007 |
751/752 |
1 night layover |
   |
|
|
England | Vacation | ||||
|
44 |
38 |
Nagoya |
23-25 July 2007 |
314/315 |
1 night layover, 3 nights away |
|
|
43 |
|
Perth |
18-20 July 2007 |
420/421 |
I night layover, 3 nights away |
|
|
42 |
37 |
Beijing |
12-14 July 2007 |
308/309 |
1 night layover, 2 nights away |
|
|
41 |
|
Riyadh |
10 July 2007 |
817/818 |
turnaround |
|
|
40 |
|
Teheran |
9 July 2007 |
971/972 |
turnaround |
|
|
39 |
Bangkok |
3-7 July 2007 |
386/387 |
Away four nights - 3 night layover |
No pictures!But lots of shopping! |
|
| 38 |
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
24-28 June 2007 |
386/373 |
4 nights in BKK |
|
|
| 37 |
35/36 |
Tripoli and Tunis |
14-17 June 2007 |
747 |
3 nights in Tunis |
|
| 36 |
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
8-11 June 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights - 2 night layover in BKK. |
Follow this link for the girls' night out at Zen | |
| 35 |
33/34 |
Rome including Vatican City and Nice |
2 -4 June 2007 |
97/95/96 |
1 night layover in Rome |
   |
| 34 |
|
Beirut |
30 May 2007 |
956/957 |
Turnaround |
no pictures |
|
|
New York and Washington |
22-30 May 2007 |
Vacation |
Vacation - Too short! |
|
|
| 33 |
|
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
17-21 May 2007 |
372/386/387 |
Away 4 nights, 3 nights layover |
|
| 32 |
32 |
Johannesburg |
12-13 May 2007 |
761/762 |
Away 2 nights - 1 night layover |
|
| 31 |
31 |
New Delhi |
10-11 May 2007 |
52/513 |
overnight turnaround |
No pictures |
|
|
Izmir and Istanbul |
4-7 May 2007 |
Vacation |
Vacation |
   |
|
| 30 |
|
London Gatwick |
1-2 May 2007 |
011/012 |
1 night layover |
No pictures |
| 29 |
30 |
Paris |
27-29 April 2007 |
073/074 |
1 night layover |
|
| 28 |
29 |
London Gatwick |
23-25 April 2007 |
009/010 |
Away 2 nights - I night layover |
|
| 27 |
28 |
Teheran |
22 April 2007 |
975/976 |
An all night turnaround |
Leave 1.15am - back to Dubai at 6.30am. The first of three overnights this week. |
| 26 |
27 |
Zurich |
11 - 13 April 2007 |
085/086 |
Away 2 nights - 1 night layover |
   |
| 25 |
25/26 |
Sydney and Christchurch |
3 - 8 April 2007 |
412/413 |
Away 5 nights - 3 nights layover |
   No
this is not the new crew uniform.   The
Christchurch Gondola and Historic Tram. |
| 24 |
24 |
Dusseldorf |
30-31 March 2007 |
057/058 |
Away 2 nights - 1 night layover |
|
| 23 |
|
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
22-26 March 2007 |
372 to BKK - 386/387 to and from HKG and 387 to DXB |
Away 4 nights - layover 3 nights |
|
| 22 |
|
London |
18-19 March 2007 |
029/030 |
Away 2 nights - Layover 1 night |
|
| 21 |
23 |
Riyadh |
15 March 2007 |
817/818 |
Turnaround |
First turnaround from Dubai since January 9th!! And a near miss on the return trip ! |
| 20 |
21/22 |
Bangkok and Hong Kong |
7 - 10 March 2007 |
384/385 |
Away 4 nights/ Layover 2 nights |
   Old
Bangkok Pictures! |
| 19 |
20 |
Perth |
2 - 4 March 2007 |
424/425 |
Away 2 nights - Layover 1 night |
   |
| 18 |
19 |
Shanghai |
22 - 24 Feb 2007 |
302/303 |
Away 3 nights/layover 1 night |
|
| 17 |
18 |
Munich |
18 + 19 Feb 2007 |
049/050 |
1 |
|
| 16 |
17 |
Vienna |
14 + 15 Feb 2007 |
127/128 |
1 |
|
| 15 |
16 |
Athens |
3 + 4 Feb 2007 |
105/106 |
1 |
|
| 14 |
15 |
Nairobi |
27 to 29-1-07 |
721/722 |
1 |
   All
sorts of wildlife in Nairobi National Park! |
| 13 |
13/14 |
Accra/Abidjan |
21 to 25-1-07 |
787/788 |
Away 4 nights/layover 3 nights |
|
| 12 |
12 |
Moscow |
12 and 13-1-07 |
133/134 |
1 |
|
| 11 |
11 |
Hyderabad |
9-1-07 |
526/527 |
0 |
|
| 10 |
10 |
London |
5 and 6-1-07 |
001/002 |
1 |
|
| 9 |
8/9 |
Colombo via Male |
31-12-06 and 1-1-07 |
552/558 |
1 |
|
| 8 |
|
Bombay |
28-12-06 |
2502/2503 |
0 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
Kuwait |
23-12-06 |
853/854 |
0 |
from airport standby |
| 6 |
6 |
Bombay/Mumbai |
20-12-06 |
504/505 |
0 |
|
| 5 |
5 |
Beirut |
16-12-06 |
953/954 |
0 |
from airport standby |
| 4 |
4 |
Manchester (and Bolton) |
12 and 13-12-06 |
017/018 |
1 |
|
| 3 |
3 |
Bahrain |
9-12-06 |
837/838 |
0 |
from home standby |
| 2 |
2 |
Trivandrum |
5-12-06 |
522/523 |
0 |
Supernumerary |
| 1 |
1 |
Cairo |
3-12-06 |
923/924 |
0 |
 Supernumerary |
