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Old Jan 24, 2021 | 10:40 pm
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Originally Posted by goodeats21
Sat across the aisle from a commuting UA captain last week. Had a great talk about the good-ole-days, especially the NRT-BKK tag flight. I was a frequent passenger on that one, and he flew it some as well.
Interestingly, it apparently wasn't viewed as a great trip from an hour / build perspective for bidding, etc.

But brought back great memories of the Upper Deck 747 ride from NRT into Bangkok...

God I miss it.
Originally Posted by restlessinRNO
Those were the days! UA actually had a FA base at BKK (and SIN) 20 years ago. Now they don't even fly to BKK.

Also, not mentioned, UA flew NRT-TPE years ago.
Originally Posted by kevflyer
NRT-HKG many years ago too
How much of the UA Asia structure was because of its purchase of Pan Am's Pacific routes?

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