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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 6:58 am
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B747-437B
25 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Exile
Posts: 16,057

Total miles : 189,272
Total segments: 80

International segments : 78
Domestic segments : 2

Countries visited : 21

Airlines Flown

Ghana International : 35
Emirates : 26
Ryanair : 5
FlyBE : 3
Lufthansa : 2
KLM : 2
easyJet : 2
Egyptair : 2
Finnair : 1
Air Baltic : 1
Finncomm : 1

First Class : 1
Business Class : 43
Economy Class (Multi-class aircraft) : 15
Economy Class (single-class aircraft) : 21

Upgrades : 9
Invol Downgrades : 1

Non-Alliance : 93.48%
Star : 3.98%
Skyteam : 2.04%
Oneworld : 0.50%


Total number of airports : 27

ACC LGW DXB DUS AMS BOM BHX FRA LFW GHA NYO ALG HEL RIX TMP YYZ PRG KUN RYG PEK GLA LPL GDN EDI BTS CAI IST

Total aircraft types : 18

733 738 744 752 772 77L 773 77W 319 320 332 333 343 345 388 DH8 F50 AT7

Boeing : 56.11%
Airbus : 43.26%
Other : 0.63%

Longest flight : 6886mi (YYZ-DXB)
Longest flight : 14h16m (DXB-YYZ)

Shortest flight : 88mi (TMP-HEL)
Shortest flight : 0h21m (ACC-LFW)

Largest passenger load : 501 pax, 12 infants PEK-DXB on EK 380 (October)
Honorable mention : 489 pax, 40 infants YYZ-DXB on EK 380 (September)

Smallest passenger load : 11 (5 pax, 6 crew) RYG-NYO on FR 738 (June)
Honorable mention : 75 (61 pax, 14 crew) DXB-AMS on EK 77L (June)

Oldest aircraft : G-OJIB born 29MAR89 (LGW-ACC in April)
Honourable mention : YL-BAC born 11APR91 (RIX-KUN in June)
Honourable mention : D-ABTF born 23APR91 (FRA-BOM in January)

Youngest aircraft : A6-EDI born 28MAR10 (PEK-DXB in October)
Honourable mention : OH-ATL born 16DEC09 (TMP-HEL in June)

G-STRZ : 26 flights
G-STRW : 5 flights
A6-ERR : 4 flights
A6-ERT : 3 flights
A6-ERQ : 3 flights
G-JECF : 2 flights
A6-ERS : 2 flights
A6-ERN : 2 flights
G-OJIB : 2 flights
G-STRP : 2 flights


Awards

Most Memorable Flight : Flying into Ghardaia, Algeria with the lead singer of Iron Maiden to rescue a stranded 757.

Most Eventful Flight : Watching an Emirates FA sever her finger by getting it trapped in the galley while doing pre-flight preparations. Needless to say we returned to the gate and sent her to hospital.

Most Comfortable Flight : Toronto to Dubai on the Emirates A380 in Business Class. Relaxing flight, good food, excellent crew.

Most Uncomfortable Flight : Jumpseating overnight into Algiers to sort out a fuel issue on a tech stop having come in from India via Dubai just a few hours earlier and running a 101F fever.

Worst Delay : 7.5 hours on Emirates flying from Accra to Dubai in August due to a sick captain.

Honourable Mention : 7.5 hours on Egyptair flying from Mumbai to Cairo in December due to a cargo fire warning.

Favourite Hotel : Crowne Plaza Festival City, Dubai, UAE
Honourable Mention : Hilton Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Honourable Mention : Hilton Dubai Creek, Dubai, UAE

Least Favourite Hotel : Baron Hotel Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Honourable Mention : Park Inn Hotel Danube, Bratislava, Slovakia
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