My travel year 2004
Hi!
This was my travel-year 2004. All flights were leisure-flights in Y.
Total Segments: 20
Countries visited: 5
Germany, Switzerland, Spain, USA, Hongkong/China
Airports: 10
GRZ, VIE, ACH, ZRH, MUC, MAD, LPA, JFK, EWR, HKG
Date / Route / Airline / Flight / Equipment / Reg
January
04/01/04 LPA-VIE Flyniki HG0761 Airbus A-320-200 D-ALAF
February
07/02/04 GRZ-VIE Tyrolean OS5970 Dash 8-Q300 OE-LTH
07/02/04 VIE-JFK Austrian OS0087 Airbus A-330-200 OE-LAN
14/02/04 JFK-VIE Austrian OS0088 Airbus A-330-200 OE-LAM
15/02/04 VIE-GRZ Austrian OS5963 cancelled / bus-service!
19/02/04 VIE-ZRH Swiss LX1577 Avro RJ-100 HB-IXT
26/02/04 ZRH-VIE Swiss LX1580 Airbus A-319-100 HB-IPT
March
30/03/04 GRZ-ZRH Styrian Spirit LX4263 Canadair CRJ-200 OE-LSC
30/03/04 ZRH-HKG Swiss LX0138 Airbus A-340-300 HB-JMB
April
06/04/04 HKG-ZRH Swiss LX0139 Airbus A-340-300 HB-JMF
07/04/04 ZRH-GRZ Styrian Spirit LX4260 Canadair CRJ-200 OE-LSC
May
30/05/04 VIE-ZRH Flyniki HG8252 Airbus A-320-200 OE-LOF
June
25/06/04 ACH-VIE Austrian OS0594 Dash 8-Q400 OE-LGD
25/06/04 VIE-GRZ Austrian OS0975 Canadair CRJ-200 OE-LCK
30/06/04 GRZ-VIE Austrian OS0978 Dash 8-Q300 OE-LTD
July
01/07/04 VIE-ACH Austrian OS0593 Dash 8-Q400 OE-LGD
August
none
September
07/09/04 ZRH-EWR Continental CO079 Boeing 767-200 N69154
12/09/04 EWR-ZRH Continental CO078 Boeing 767-200 N76156
October
none
November
none
December
24/12/04 MUC-MAD Iberia IB3539 Airbus A-319-100 EC-+++ (upcoming)
24/12/04 MAD-LPA Iberia IB6970 Boeing 757-200 EC-+++ (upcoming)
Longest Flight:
5764 miles (HKG-ZRH) 12h20min
Shortest Flight:
94 miles (VIE-GRZ) 00h20min
Worst flights:
1, VIE-GRZ Austrian, 15.02.04:
technical problems, flight cancelled; 02h30min bus-service instead of 30min flight!
2. VIE-JFK Austrian, 07.02.04:
long delay (3 hours), no information, rude FA´s
3, GRZ.VIE-ACH Austrian, 30.06. / 01.07.04:
missed my connecting flight, no compensation by the airline, spent the night at Vienna airport! This was the day when I stopped flying Austrian.
Best flights:
1. GRZ-ZRH Styrian Spirit, 30.03.04:
Tablecloth, full meal service (by Do&Co) and real glassware on an one-hour flight in Economy-Class!
2. ZRH-HKG Swiss, 30.03.04:
very empty flight, great crew, great AVOD-entertainment;
3. ZRH-EWR Continental, 07.09.04:
my best transatlantic flight so far; comfortable plane (762), nice FA´s, tasty food (!)
Best airport:
HKG - Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok
Worst airport:
VIE - Vienna Schwechat
Best travel experience:
Hongkong - amazing city!
special award:
Best boarding muzak:
Swiss
and because fbgdavidson launched this category:
Best celebrity spot:
-Claudia Schiffer shopping at Prada SoHo, NYC
Merry christmas and a happy new travel-year 2005!
-Thomas