Flights between 2 airport that no other Flyertalker has ever done
Oct 26, 2014, 3:21 pm
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Oct 26, 2014, 4:57 pm
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Oct 26, 2014, 9:01 pm
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When I saw it on the FIDS at KUL in 2005, I should've thought about possible MH codeshares...
Oct 26, 2014, 9:13 pm
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When I saw it on the FIDS at KUL in 2005, I should've thought about possible MH codeshares...
Oct 27, 2014, 1:33 am
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I too took night trains in Iran (Mashhad to Tehran and Yazd to Bandar Abbas). Both were really nice and better than some night trains I have used in Europe.
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Oct 27, 2014, 2:24 am
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Living in the Czech Republic, I don't know anyone here who has been to Iran. I have been there twice (first for nearly a month, and the second visit for about 18 days) and have only run into 2 Western tourists, one Dutch and one American. Gulf citizens surely go there, but almost everyone on my QR flight was Iranian. Most of the tourists I saw were Japanese.
Oct 27, 2014, 3:53 am
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And I know some Iranians who more readily look to be non-Iranian than Iranian, as is evident when they visit Iran. Some of their kids in Swiss or Swedish schools even pass for not having any foreign ethnic heritage despite having only that.
A substantial number of passengers on Gulf flights to Iranian airports are Afghans, but absent looking at their passports or talking to them and asking direct questions, it isn't easy to know for sure who is Iranian and not.
Oct 27, 2014, 7:12 am
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Oct 27, 2014, 7:26 am
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Lots of religious and other tourists head there -- primary flow -- but there are lots of people who fly there for work/business and not for tourism. Any city with a standing population as large as this one is going to get some business travelers.
Oct 27, 2014, 8:32 am
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Oct 27, 2014, 8:33 am
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Anyway. Back on topic.
I see that my 8 flights I posted last year (surprisingly) still stand unchallenged
MHH-TCB, PBH-IXB, SKB-SXM, GYD-ASB, TAS-UGC, FRU-ALA, DAD-SGN and VLI-NOU
Perhaps I'll add SKG-JTR to the list.
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Oct 31, 2014, 9:38 pm
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No doubt, but the post this was responding to originally claimed that flights to Mashad wouldnt exist if people didnt fly there for work/business.
Anyway. Back on topic.
I see that my 8 flights I posted last year (surprisingly) still stand unchallenged
MHH-TCB, PBH-IXB, SKB-SXM, GYD-ASB, TAS-UGC, FRU-ALA, DAD-SGN and VLI-NOU
Perhaps I'll add SKG-JTR to the list.
Anyway. Back on topic.
I see that my 8 flights I posted last year (surprisingly) still stand unchallenged
MHH-TCB, PBH-IXB, SKB-SXM, GYD-ASB, TAS-UGC, FRU-ALA, DAD-SGN and VLI-NOU
Perhaps I'll add SKG-JTR to the list.
- although travelling to and fro Vietnam quite a bit does help.