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Originally Posted by goback
(Post 9611198)
Apparently no airline in the US was willing to fly the Pope back to Rome.
The rumour for his trip to Sydney for World Youth Day is a non-stop flight Rome to Sydney, which at 10,155nm will be something like the very first 747-400 flight of QF from LHR to SYD with only a few people on board. I had heard QF will be providing both legs for that journey. The return journey will be interesting because of the prevailing winds, though the jetstream should be fairly to the north (in the northern hemisphere) at that time of year. I very much doubt that CIA will be the departing airport as the runway there would not be long enough for a fully fuel laden widebody, so my bet would be FCO. I'm assuming that QF will use a 747-400ER which has the longest legs in the QF fleet. |
The Pope uses both FCO and CIA for some kind of equal opportunity thing. Usually out of FCO and back into CIA. The Vatican wants to use both. Why, I forget.
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Originally Posted by schwarm
(Post 9607554)
Doesn't the pope traditionally fly on an Alitalia plane from Rome to his international destination and then return to Rome on a plane from the country he visited?
Don't know how I know this. |
Originally Posted by schwarm
(Post 9607554)
Doesn't the pope traditionally fly on an Alitalia plane from Rome to his international destination and then return to Rome on a plane from the country he visited?
Don't know how I know this. It's been discussed on FT too. |
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Originally Posted by szg
(Post 10036504)
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