Flights between 2 airport that no other Flyertalker has ever done
Dec 13, 2014, 12:11 pm
#526
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SIN - DIL and back (Dili, Timor Leste)
DPS - DIL
SIN - POM and back (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea).
PEK - IKT (Irkutsk, Russia) My flight to Ulaan Baatar was diverted due to strong winds.
IKT - ULN (Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia) The following morning's flight to the intended destination.
DPS - DIL
SIN - POM and back (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea).
PEK - IKT (Irkutsk, Russia) My flight to Ulaan Baatar was diverted due to strong winds.
IKT - ULN (Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia) The following morning's flight to the intended destination.
Dec 13, 2014, 4:03 pm
#529
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Dec 13, 2014, 11:22 pm
#531
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Just trying my luck. 
Oh, very cool. Didn't know that!
Was that on the B732? I didn't get the opportunity to fly Merpati's. IIRC Sriwijaya and Garuda now fly the route as well.
I'm sure there's an interesting story behind that! It puzzles me how immigration officers work in some places.
I'm sure there's an interesting story behind that! It puzzles me how immigration officers work in some places.
Dec 25, 2014, 9:24 am
#533
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They had a targeted offer where for each segment flown greater than the number of segments flown in the previous year during a certain time frame (got that?), I'd get 5000 eqm for each up to 50K. I think it had to be in "V" class though, so the search was on...
I (Actually FT, thanks) found this... SMF-SFO-SBA-LAX-ONT/SNA and back, all for about $200. I took one of each on consecutive days...
Dec 26, 2014, 6:07 am
#534
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Some of my most 'interesting' ones that others might not have flown on.
Denpasar Bali (DPS) - Sumbawa Besar (SWQ) [Wanted to fly on the Fokker 50]
Sumbawa Besar (SWQ) - Lombok Praya (LOP) [Well, had to get back to Bali from Sumbawa
]
Don Mueang (DMK) - Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) [9 daily flights (on DD and FD) from DMK, but can't really imagine many visitors to Ubon]
Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) - Chiang Mai (CNX) [it WAS a scheduled 'private jet' flight when i flew it]
Jakarta (CGK) - Pangkalanbun (PKN) v.v [if you like orang utans or have visited Kalimantan you probably would have flown on this route though]
Probably someone would have done this though, should be less uncommon.
Singapore (SIN) - Cairns (CNS) v.v on the direct. [flew it on SQ in 1999 a few months/years before the route was discontinued. Australian Airlines flew it too but it too stopped. The Jetstar flight a few years back was via Darwin though. Silkair is resuming links between the 2 cities next year though]
Done this (Batik Air), but i would think that this is a very popular route.
Done this too(boring Jetstar Asia), but likewise many have flown on this
Thankfully my friend lived near the airport so I was able to get a free ride out when I did this route Looks to be a good choice given the comments, didn't know it was so bad haha.
Denpasar Bali (DPS) - Sumbawa Besar (SWQ) [Wanted to fly on the Fokker 50
]Sumbawa Besar (SWQ) - Lombok Praya (LOP) [Well, had to get back to Bali from Sumbawa
]Don Mueang (DMK) - Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) [9 daily flights (on DD and FD) from DMK, but can't really imagine many visitors to Ubon]
Ubon Ratchathani (UBP) - Chiang Mai (CNX) [it WAS a scheduled 'private jet' flight when i flew it]
Jakarta (CGK) - Pangkalanbun (PKN) v.v [if you like orang utans or have visited Kalimantan you probably would have flown on this route though]
Probably someone would have done this though, should be less uncommon.
Singapore (SIN) - Cairns (CNS) v.v on the direct. [flew it on SQ in 1999 a few months/years before the route was discontinued. Australian Airlines flew it too but it too stopped. The Jetstar flight a few years back was via Darwin though. Silkair is resuming links between the 2 cities next year though]
I think that in these "globalized" times it is difficult to find something that no one else has never done, but these are which I think have probably been my most exotic flights so far:
SUB-CGK on Lion Air (JT)
If anyone has also been on some those flights with those airlines and has good memories, you are very welcome to share!
SUB-CGK on Lion Air (JT)
If anyone has also been on some those flights with those airlines and has good memories, you are very welcome to share!
Looks to be a good choice given the comments, didn't know it was so bad haha.
Dec 27, 2014, 5:37 pm
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If we're going to start counting private air strips in remote areas, I'm going to have to publish a slightly larger list. Start with Barrow Island. Gobe, Kopi, Kutubu (PNG). A dozen or more offshore platforms and FPSOs. Malongo, Angola. Escravos, Lagos Lagoon, Onne (Nigeria). Tenghiz Kazakhstan. Various unnamed places in Indonesia.