Flights between 2 airport that no other Flyertalker has ever done
Sep 29, 2019, 9:38 am
#947
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: BCN
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Last week I flew IQT (Iquitos) - TPP (Tarapoto) in Peru.
Also LIM-IQT, although I guess that this route is more popular, as Iquitos happens to be the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road; it's accessible only by river and air.
Also LIM-IQT, although I guess that this route is more popular, as Iquitos happens to be the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road; it's accessible only by river and air.
Oct 1, 2019, 10:46 pm
#949
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
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Oct 2, 2019, 11:39 am
#950
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: ORD
Programs: MileagePlus, Mileage Plan
Posts: 46
I only have three where there's even a remote shot, all in China:
Qingdao to Dandong (TAO-DDG)
Shangri-La to Kunming (DIG-KUN)
Xi'an to Zhangjiajie (XIY-DYG, probably more common than the first two)
Qingdao to Dandong (TAO-DDG)
Shangri-La to Kunming (DIG-KUN)
Xi'an to Zhangjiajie (XIY-DYG, probably more common than the first two)
Nov 8, 2019, 8:49 pm
#951
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 62
I flew Winnipeg (YWG) to Reykjavik (KEF) on the short-lived low-cost carrier Iceland Express (predecessor to WOW) in 2010. I didn't even realize it was inaugural flight until I checked in and they had goodie bags for the passengers commemorating the launch as we boarded.
Nov 11, 2019, 6:07 am
#952
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 87
I have done plenty of internal flights in Africa (bookable by all) that I doubt other people have taken. Here's a top five:
- GGR (Garowe) to GLK (Galkayo) in Somalia in a glorious Ukrainian-piloted old Antonov. Even managed to buy these tickets online while in Hargeisa!
- FIH (Kinshasa) to BOA (Boma) to MNB (Muanda, but actually Banana!) in Democratic Republic of Congo. Same airline that let a passenger smuggle a crocodile onboard as hand luggage, which led to this crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_F...et_L-410_crash
- BSG (Bata) to NBN (Annobón) in Equatorial Guinea with national carrier CEIBA Intercontinental. Runway had been extended since this happened in 2008: https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20080416-0
- FIH (Kinshasa) to GOM (Goma) in Democratic Republic of Congo with Hewa Bora Airlines. About a year after this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewa_B...ays_Flight_122
- LAD (Luanda) to DUE (Dundo) in Angola with national carrier TAAG, back when they used to fly there.
Nov 13, 2019, 8:42 pm
#953
Join Date: Nov 2000
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SNA--TVL on a L-188 Electra as a UAM visiting my aunt/uncle in Carson City NV. I was maybe 9 years old and so excited to be on a Big Boy Plane I threw up.
Return was RNO--SNA on some boring jet thing. Hughes Airwest, Top Banana? I forget.
Return was RNO--SNA on some boring jet thing. Hughes Airwest, Top Banana? I forget.
Nov 13, 2019, 9:51 pm
#954
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I flew that the other way on a Saturday afternoon in March 1978 on N124AC (Air California) ... early morning LAX-SMF on a Western Airlines Boeing 720B, SMF-RNO on a United 727-200, various buses to Carson City and South Lake Tahoe, walked to the airport ... don’t remember how I got from SNA back to my car at LAX ...
Last edited by jrl767; Nov 14, 2019 at 1:46 pm
Nov 13, 2019, 11:43 pm
#955
formerly known as Tad's Broiled Steaks
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 6,412
Nov 14, 2019, 4:38 am
#957
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Eurostar Carte Blanche, SBB-CFF-FFS GA-AG, SNCF Grand Voyageur LeClub
Posts: 7,836
I have done plenty of internal flights in Africa (bookable by all) that I doubt other people have taken. Here's a top five:
- GGR (Garowe) to GLK (Galkayo) in Somalia in a glorious Ukrainian-piloted old Antonov. Even managed to buy these tickets online while in Hargeisa!
- FIH (Kinshasa) to BOA (Boma) to MNB (Muanda, but actually Banana!) in Democratic Republic of Congo. Same airline that let a passenger smuggle a crocodile onboard as hand luggage, which led to this crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_F...et_L-410_crash
- BSG (Bata) to NBN (Annobón) in Equatorial Guinea with national carrier CEIBA Intercontinental. Runway had been extended since this happened in 2008: https://aviation-safety.net/database...?id=20080416-0
- FIH (Kinshasa) to GOM (Goma) in Democratic Republic of Congo with Hewa Bora Airlines. About a year after this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewa_B...ays_Flight_122
- LAD (Luanda) to DUE (Dundo) in Angola with national carrier TAAG, back when they used to fly there.
Are you working in humanitarian aid, as an engineer? Really interesting
Nov 15, 2019, 3:54 am
#958
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: DXB / KUO
Programs: AY, SQ, EK
Posts: 858
I have flown return on SJ in the past.
Nov 16, 2019, 5:41 am
#959
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 87
Never heard such a loud round of applause when we finally landed in Dili!
Nov 16, 2019, 5:44 am
#960
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 87