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Wall St. Journal: The World's Oddest Air Routes

Old Dec 29, 2012, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by BuildingMyBento
domestic...North America? Curious about non-stop "odd" air routes, but routing through ICT sounds alright.
Yeah..the Canadian airports I know of file pax flying to the US to the "domestic" departure gates. Canada knows how to declare state sovereignty.
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Old Jan 13, 2013, 4:18 pm
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Mihin Lanka (MJ) does Jakarta-Colombo. Is it to shuttle Indonesian laborers through Sri Lanka to the Gulf, or are there many Indonesians in Sri Lanka, or are business ties booming (and if so, then why use an LCC)? Not sure how odd it is really, so if anyone knows, let US know too!
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Old Jan 25, 2013, 9:49 am
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The "13 miler", the day I'll discover where it is
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Old Jan 25, 2013, 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by Forrest Bump
The "13 miler", the day I'll discover where it is
between 2 islands somewhere like the caribbean I assume!

Ahh I get it, the flight isnt 13 miles, the origin and destination are 13 miles apart
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Old Jan 30, 2013, 1:50 pm
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How about the daily 737 flight from Las Vegas to "Area 51".

Dow has a daily flight from Mid-Michigan (MSB) to Freeport, Tx to shuttle employees.
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Old Jan 30, 2013, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by MrMan
How about the daily 737 flight from Las Vegas to "Area 51". Dow has a daily flight from Mid-Michigan (MSB) to Freeport, Tx to shuttle employees.
In a previous company DOW were a key customer. Now they are a key supplier. I thus knew about this flight.

British Aerospace have a similar one - it operates from Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire UK to somwhere in Germany I think.
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Old Aug 20, 2017, 10:24 am
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AF, through HOP!, operates a twice-weekly flight between LYS and GOT with an Embraer 145. I've always wondered about this one. It is consistently two to three times more expensive that the same route with a connection through CDG or AMS and the frequency doesn't really make it a convenient option for business travellers. Anyone knows why this exists?
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Old Aug 23, 2017, 2:04 am
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The two cities are of similar size, but I think Pittsburgh is better known outside the U.S. than Cincinnati because of its historical association with steel industry. Pittsburgh has a well know University CMU, better museums ans is more cosmopolitan than Cincinnati, which is more provincial IMHO. None of this has anything to do with location of a hub though. If it were not for the research triangle, Raleigh-London would be odd too. It will never be like NYC-LON or NYC-PAR.
Cincinnati has headquarters for P&G, GE Aviation, Macy's, CFM International (Jet Engines) and many many more.
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Old Aug 24, 2017, 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by RabbitIYH
AF, through HOP!, operates a twice-weekly flight between LYS and GOT with an Embraer 145. I've always wondered about this one. It is consistently two to three times more expensive that the same route with a connection through CDG or AMS and the frequency doesn't really make it a convenient option for business travellers. Anyone knows why this exists?
Possibly a GSK run into GOT? BA were running Cambridge - GOT flights for a while on contract to GSK with ridiculous prices compared to LHR and no reward seats available ever.
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Old Aug 30, 2017, 12:01 am
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Not to mention that both Cincy and Paris are tennis-loving cities.
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Old Aug 30, 2017, 3:27 am
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When looking for different options to get to Mexico, I just came across DUB-LAX on Ethiopian. Definitely not an airline I would choose to fly again, especially such a long flight and in Y.

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Old Aug 30, 2017, 9:14 am
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Yup, I just saw the Ethiopean 787 at LAX yesterday and was wandering how long that route is.
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Old Aug 30, 2017, 4:46 pm
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They're apparently trying to put together a mini-hub for fifth freedom North American/African routes in Dublin.
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Old Sep 3, 2017, 3:44 am
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Originally Posted by knoydart
Possibly a GSK run into GOT? BA were running Cambridge - GOT flights for a while on contract to GSK with ridiculous prices compared to LHR and no reward seats available ever.
Ah, that could be it I suppose. Do GSK have offices in LYS too?
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Old Aug 21, 2019, 3:44 pm
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Figure I might as well revive this thread - Very surprised at XIY-HEL. All other long-haul flights out of XIY are operated by either China Eastern or Hainan (+1 flight from Tianjin & 1 from Beijing Capital), and then there's.... HEL-XIY operated by Finnair. What's up with that?
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