Feb 20, 2016, 12:21 pm
Last edit by: ryanbryan
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No airport, and no airport nearby:
Andorra
Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Saint Helena (airport under construction)
Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Tokelau (New Zealand)
No airport, but airport nearby:
San Marino
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Has airport, but unreachable on Miles:
Somalia (Kenya used to fly to Hargeisa but no longer)
Nauru
Tuvalu
Antarctica (some airports but no commercial flights)
Ascension Island (British Overseas Territory)
Greenland
No airport, and no airport nearby:
Andorra
Pitcairn Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Saint Helena (airport under construction)
Tristan da Cunha (British Overseas Territory)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Tokelau (New Zealand)
No airport, but airport nearby:
San Marino
Vatican City
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Has airport, but unreachable on Miles:
Somalia (Kenya used to fly to Hargeisa but no longer)
Nauru
Tuvalu
Antarctica (some airports but no commercial flights)
Ascension Island (British Overseas Territory)
Greenland
Countries Unreachable on Miles
Aug 12, 2011, 1:26 am
#46
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I think non-recognized countries are probably the best best...places like South Ossetia, the previously mentioned Transnistria and Abkhazia or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are not extremely far from major airports but usually involve customs and passport stamps so are in no way as easy to get to as San Marino, The Vatican, etc.
Here's another fun question: which alliance airline has the most destinations in non-recognized countries? Turkish Airlines would be my candidate, with flights to Kosovo and Northern Cyprus
edit: Turkish Airlines would also be my choice for the alliance airline biggest list of "interesting" destinations, with 4(!) cities in Iraq covered, as well as Kabul...good on them for helping those communities recover!
Here's another fun question: which alliance airline has the most destinations in non-recognized countries? Turkish Airlines would be my candidate, with flights to Kosovo and Northern Cyprus
edit: Turkish Airlines would also be my choice for the alliance airline biggest list of "interesting" destinations, with 4(!) cities in Iraq covered, as well as Kabul...good on them for helping those communities recover!
Last edited by lecter; Aug 12, 2011 at 1:32 am
Aug 12, 2011, 8:25 am
#47
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Ascension is served by seats on the Airbridge (currently operated by Air Seychelles on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence). No miles can be earned or redeemed on "Air Panini" (as it is nicknamed for the in-flight catering) and the flights are dry too.
Neither St Helena and Tristan da Cunha has an airport - although St Helena might get one in a few years time.
Aug 19, 2011, 10:38 am
#49
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I still can't redeem miles to go to Val Verde. I know Western used to fly there. 
Aug 19, 2011, 10:53 am
#50
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I still can't redeem miles to go to Val Verde. I know Western used to fly there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe
Aug 19, 2011, 7:28 pm
#51
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Aug 19, 2011, 10:55 pm
#52
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Wirelessly posted (beckoa's PWP wonderous device: Mozilla/5.0 (BlackBerry; U; BlackBerry 9800; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.8+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0.0.600 Mobile Safari/534.8+)
What an odd list. According to their definition of a country Alaska is one. And there are seven of them in Antarctica. Who knew?
Well Alaska is basically a different country; after all our goods are all flown or driven over a foreign country. Thankfully we do have decent air service 
Originally Posted by IggySD
I thought there were 192. Ok, South Sudan joined.
Anyway, I find it interesting that there are far fewer members of the U.N. than the 321 "countries" listed by the
Traveler's Century Club.
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
Anyway, I find it interesting that there are far fewer members of the U.N. than the 321 "countries" listed by the
Traveler's Century Club.
http://www.travelerscenturyclub.org/countries.html
Aug 21, 2011, 4:57 am
#53
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The flight connectivity index shows there are few countries with limited air connections.
As noted by others, most of the "hard to reach" countries do actually have one or more FF options.
As noted by others, most of the "hard to reach" countries do actually have one or more FF options.
Jun 17, 2012, 2:30 pm
#56
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Jun 17, 2012, 8:50 pm
#57
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Having lived there for two years, including six months in provincial Russia, it amazes me that a country so large with a history of aircraft production and a large aerospace sector relies so heavily on trains for long-distance passenger transport. I understand the economics but it's to the point that even economically it doesn't make much sense.
Russia dubbed world's most dangerous country for air travel
Jun 18, 2012, 9:58 am
#58
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Have registered a complaint with the TCC since Texas wuz so robbed! We were a country when Alaska was just an iceberg. There is still a Texas embassy in London!
http://www.texasembassy.com/
[QUOTE=beckoa;16957564Well Alaska is basically a different country; after all our goods are all flown or driven over a foreign country. Thankfully we do have decent air service[/QUOTE]
http://www.texasembassy.com/
[QUOTE=beckoa;16957564Well Alaska is basically a different country; after all our goods are all flown or driven over a foreign country. Thankfully we do have decent air service
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Jun 18, 2012, 12:51 pm
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TAS has lots of options.
*A: TK IST, OZ ICN
OW: S7 OVB
ST: SU SVO ROV MRV AER, KE CAI (!), CZ PEK, KE ICN
Airline Route Mapper is your friend. Select TAS and then select the alliance. That's how I got the above info.
Alternatively (and perhaps more or less accurately), you can check out the Wikipedia page for that airport which lists the airlines that fly there. The Wiki page adds these two ST options:
SU LED KHV
OK PRG (seasonal)
Both of these methods suffer from not being 100% up to date. But they're a place to start.
*A: TK IST, OZ ICN
OW: S7 OVB
ST: SU SVO ROV MRV AER, KE CAI (!), CZ PEK, KE ICN
Airline Route Mapper is your friend. Select TAS and then select the alliance. That's how I got the above info.
Alternatively (and perhaps more or less accurately), you can check out the Wikipedia page for that airport which lists the airlines that fly there. The Wiki page adds these two ST options:
SU LED KHV
OK PRG (seasonal)
Both of these methods suffer from not being 100% up to date. But they're a place to start.