Around the world in a 737?
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Around the world in a 737?
Is it possible to fly around the world in a 737? I'm talking about regularly scheduled airline service. I know that you can fly from Australia to Fiji and other Pacific islands in a 737. Can you get to Midway? If so, you can then fly on an Aloha 737 to Honolulu then to Oakland, California. From there, you can fly across the U.S. on far too many 737s. But what about over the Atlantic? This includes from South America to Europe or Africa. From Europe or Africa, I'm sure you could work your way to Australia on 737s.
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It's possible except for mid-Atlantic to North America.
YVR-HNL (73G-FJ) or OAK-HNL (HA), HNL-NAN-SYD/AKL (FJ), AKL-SYD (NZ/QF/AN)
SYD - QF or AN SYD-DRW, possibly to some place in Indonesia for a Silk Air or other carrier to BKK.
Might be able to do HNL-HKG via Air Micronesia 738.
Connections across Asia from BKK/HKG on a P.R.C. airline, continuing wth TG & one of the India airlines to the west of India and possibly on to the middle east by one of the gulf state carriers. BA franchisees fly from the Mediterrenean to London.
BA (GO) to KEF. Here's the catch now. No 737 service from Iceland (or anywhere else on the Atlantic coast) to N. America.
YVR-HNL (73G-FJ) or OAK-HNL (HA), HNL-NAN-SYD/AKL (FJ), AKL-SYD (NZ/QF/AN)
SYD - QF or AN SYD-DRW, possibly to some place in Indonesia for a Silk Air or other carrier to BKK.
Might be able to do HNL-HKG via Air Micronesia 738.
Connections across Asia from BKK/HKG on a P.R.C. airline, continuing wth TG & one of the India airlines to the west of India and possibly on to the middle east by one of the gulf state carriers. BA franchisees fly from the Mediterrenean to London.
BA (GO) to KEF. Here's the catch now. No 737 service from Iceland (or anywhere else on the Atlantic coast) to N. America.
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FI flies to BOS and BWI non-stop from KEF, but I believe on 757; I can't speak for Halifax. They're also supposedly in the process of converting the entire fleet to 757s, so that leg could still prove a challenge. At least until the completion of the fleet changeover, FI also flies 737s from KEF to some Continental European destinations.
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KEF YHZ is still a 737, for now.
But I agree--talk about self-abuse.
AND think about the fare:
FJ: YVR HNL/X NAD/X BNE CAD1525.00
QF: BNE DAR/X DPS CAD 701.00
BO: DPS YOG/X CGK/X SIN CAD 449.00
MI: SIN RGN CAD 744.23
[We up to CAD3419.23, and we aren't even out of SE Asia! This is as far as I have gotten, and I have to go to a meeting now. I'll figure out how to get to India and the Gulf later... ]
But I agree--talk about self-abuse.
AND think about the fare:
FJ: YVR HNL/X NAD/X BNE CAD1525.00
QF: BNE DAR/X DPS CAD 701.00
BO: DPS YOG/X CGK/X SIN CAD 449.00
MI: SIN RGN CAD 744.23
[We up to CAD3419.23, and we aren't even out of SE Asia! This is as far as I have gotten, and I have to go to a meeting now. I'll figure out how to get to India and the Gulf later... ]
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On the pacific leg, you could also do Aloha to HNL, then Continental Micronesia Island hopper to Guam and on to HKG.
The atlantic route is the hard part. The FI flight to Halifax is a 757. First Air flies from Iqualit, Nunavut (YFB) to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (SFJ) on a 737. You should be able to get to YFB from YYZ, YOW, or YUL on a 737. On the other side, you can get from continental Europe to KEF easily on a 737. The question then is can you get from KEF to Greenland on a 737.
As best as I can determine, the answer is no. Air Iceland seems to fly to Kulusuk (KUS) and maybe Narsarsuaq (UAK) but the largest plane they fly is a Fokker 50. So maybe if we change the question to can you fly around the world using only 737s and turboprops, the answer would be yes.
[This message has been edited by Dudster (edited 03-14-2001).]
The atlantic route is the hard part. The FI flight to Halifax is a 757. First Air flies from Iqualit, Nunavut (YFB) to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (SFJ) on a 737. You should be able to get to YFB from YYZ, YOW, or YUL on a 737. On the other side, you can get from continental Europe to KEF easily on a 737. The question then is can you get from KEF to Greenland on a 737.
As best as I can determine, the answer is no. Air Iceland seems to fly to Kulusuk (KUS) and maybe Narsarsuaq (UAK) but the largest plane they fly is a Fokker 50. So maybe if we change the question to can you fly around the world using only 737s and turboprops, the answer would be yes.
[This message has been edited by Dudster (edited 03-14-2001).]
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If you are really interested in this sort of thing, I might suggest another group I am in: [email protected]
FYI to other listmembers, this is a very good group for general airline info for Airline/Airliner enthusiasts such as myself!
FYI to other listmembers, this is a very good group for general airline info for Airline/Airliner enthusiasts such as myself!
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Fun to revive this thread....
Now that the Atlantic gap will be closed.
WS (Westjet) is starting/restarting Canada-GLA and DUB service so it will be perfectly feasible to cross the Atlantic on a 737.
So far, I can see
DUB-YYT or GLA-YHZ with 737 connections on WS to YVR-HNL. FJ picks up with HNL-NAN-SYD, QF SYD-DRW, MH DRW_KUL-BOM, MS BOM-CAI-ATH, assuming FR flights are all 737 (website has no a/c info), then ATH-STN-GLA/DUB
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=gla-yhz-y...X=720x360&PM=*
WS (Westjet) is starting/restarting Canada-GLA and DUB service so it will be perfectly feasible to cross the Atlantic on a 737.
So far, I can see
DUB-YYT or GLA-YHZ with 737 connections on WS to YVR-HNL. FJ picks up with HNL-NAN-SYD, QF SYD-DRW, MH DRW_KUL-BOM, MS BOM-CAI-ATH, assuming FR flights are all 737 (website has no a/c info), then ATH-STN-GLA/DUB
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=gla-yhz-y...X=720x360&PM=*
Last edited by YVR Cockroach; May 7, 2015 at 4:36 pm
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Don't forget the UA Island Hopper. Can get you all the way from EWR-HKG on a 737. I booked such last April; MX issues caused some trouble, but that saves the Australia "diversion" if you don't want that.
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