Originally Posted by
born sleepy
*vs TLV, which would have been a bit longer of a flight. Related, I was on my way to Shanghai via the then-brand-new Pudong PVG airport that had opened that day. The agent had no idea what PVG was (I didn't either) and tagged my bag to PGV (Greenville NC). Fortunately his colleague noticed this and corrected the mistake. That would not have been a good way to start a months-long stay. We were the first commercial flight to land there, UA 744 from NRT.
Totally OT, sorry.
Did you hear that we're getting a new airport in Nantong that will reportedly also fall under the "SHA" umbrella, and be larger than SHA, the airport? Imagine if NYC was the code for JFK but also the code that included LGA and EWR. I don't anticipate many issues, but I will continue to make it a point to pack essentials in my computer backpack.