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2022: Travel Year in Review
Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is right around the corner, which means 2023 isn’t far behind. That means it’s time for the 2022 travel year in review thread!
While 2021 saw my flying rebound slightly, it was still all leisure flying. That changed in 2022 as I went back to flying regularly for work and Mrs. WS93 and I got married and embarked on a massive honeymoon adventure which included many new countries, airlines and aircraft. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s 2022 stats as we head into 2023! New Countries (5): Qatar, Maldives, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Greece New Airports (14): AUS, SDF, DOH, MLE, AUH, AMS, ATH, JTR, VPS, DSI, CVG, CMH, MSP, JAN New Airlines (6): JSX, Qatar, Trans Maldivian, Etihad, Aegean, Sky Express New Planes (5): B737-MAX8, A350-1000, DHC-6-300, ATR72-600, B787-10 Shortest Flight: Seaplane: MLE-Westin Maldives, 70 Miles. Non-Seaplane: ATH-JTR, 136 Miles Longest Flight: IAH-DOH, 8,040 Miles Total Airports: 27 Total Flights: 87 Total Miles: 71,783 Miles Domestic Map https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c9f05d6b7a.png International Map https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...bfaeb71a84.png 2022 Highlights Kentucky Bourbon Trail (March 2022) https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...7dad455ea.jpeg Honeymooning in The Maldives, Netherlands and Greece (May 2022) https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...046e2d4c3.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f65a9b8a7.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d2a9c302b.jpeg Moving to Austin (August 2022) https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...b463850f8.jpeg Ohio State v. Notre Dame (September 2022) https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/li...l?d=1670434985 LSU vs. Ole Miss (October 2022) https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...5ae37295c.jpeg |
Not completely done yet but it will end up more or less like this:
New Countries (1): Lithuania New Airports (1): VNO New Airlines (0): Not counting regionals, wetlease etc. New Planes (1): B737-MAX8 Shortest Flight: BGO-SVG, 99 Miles. Longest Flight: LHR-ORD, 3,946 Miles Total Airports: 28 Total Flights: 77 Total Miles: 49,560 Miles https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f31438a67e.png https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...18805ae63d.png |
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About 75% work, 25% fun. Lots of overlap on the map. I don't think any new airports, no new airlines. 72 flights, 21 total airports. Mostly Delta, 12 United segments (messing up my DL Diamond status for next year) https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...368ea98f1a.png Ghent https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...6dafa47ea6.jpg Gasparilla Island |
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Not my biggest travel year by a wide margin, but all in all, an okay one. January None February None March IND-DCA (American E175 F) DCA-RSW (American A319 F) April RSW-LGA-IND (Delta A321 F / E170 F) SBN-DFW-DOH-OTP (American CRJ700 F / Qatar A351 J / Qatar A320 J) OTP-DOH-DFW-SBN (Qatar A320 J / Qatar A351 J / American CRJ700 F) May ORD-LGA (United A320 F) JFK-HND-LHR-FRA (JAL 773ER F / British A320 J) FRA-IAH-ORD (Lufty 748 F / American A319 F) ORD-DCA-ORD (American 738 F / American A319 F) MDW-YTZ-YOW (Porter DH8 Y) June YOW-YTZ-MDW (Porter DH8 Y) July IND-LGA-IND (American E175 F) August DTW-LAX (Delta A321 F) LAX-FRA-LHR (Lufty 748 F / A321 J) LHR-ORD (British 781 F) September None October SBN-ORD-LAX (United CRJ200 Y / American 788 F) LAX-DOH (Qatar A351 J) DOH-SYD (Qatar A388 F) SYD-HKG-NRT-JFK (Cathay A351 J / JAL 789 J / JAL 773ER F) LGA-SBN (American E175 F) November IND-JFK-LHR-OTP (American E175 F / British 773ER J / British A320 J) OTP-LHR-JFK (British A320 J / British 773ER J) HPN-ORD (American CRJ700 F) ORD-LHR (American 789 J) LHR-ORD (American 789 J) December (All Upcoming) SBN-CLT-DCA-CLT-SBN (American CRJ900 F / American 738 F / American 319 F / American CRJ900 F) SBN-CLT-HPN (American CRJ900 F / American CRJ700 F) BDL-ORD-SBN (United ERJ170 / United CRJ200) |
Geez wakesetter93, why the early rush man!! LMAO 😮
Three Years of Pandemic, Three Years of Life that seem to have flew by in a flash. Likewise to 2020 and 2021, still have not recovered to the Pre-Pandemic amounts of 175K a yr and perhaps might not ever will. ☹️ It's hard to rack up the miles without Transpacific flying and 2022 lacks a single TPAC flight in its entirety. And at least 18 years since I've gone an entire calendar year without a Transpacific flight. 😨 Air Canada for the 2nd Year in a row was the Most Flown Carrier in a Given Year Between the Canada PCR test, US Antigen Test, HK (ISO 15189 certified) PCR test requirements which one by one fell by the wayside, international travel finally started picking up before the Summer of Hell came to the forefront. All in all, it was an unexpected year of travel among other facets of life. 😐 Short of writing tens of TR or coding thousands of photos which I don't have the time/patience/stamina for, I'll try to cover them here. 🙂 New Countries (0): Another Lost Year ☹️ New Airports (5) : YHZ, BRU, CHQ, TLL, YWG New Airlines (1) : Air Canada Rouge New Planes (2) : Boeing 737-8 MAX, Airbus 320-200NEO Shortest Flight: HEL-TLL, 62 Miles Longest Flight: HEL-SIN, 5763 Miles Total Airports: 19 Total Flights: 45 Total Miles: 71,534 Miles Most Memorable Travel and Non-Travel Experience Ottawa, Ontario (Jan 2022) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...821f18a97d.jpg *Now you are thinking, what's so special about this photo? 🤔 My original thought at the time was they couldn't pick a more recent photo of Trudeau and on the next corner over, funny enough there was a Big Ottawa sign (with a missing T) on Sparks Street. Between the empty devoid Sparks Street with the Otawa sign and a young Justin Trudeau photo, my thought process was Ottawa were missing some Sparks. 😂😂 Oh Little did I know, this photo was taken 2.5 weeks before the convoy 😨 Québec City, Québec (Jan 2022) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...4f2440b66f.jpg *The Frozen Québec photos was one I coveted for ages, only thing required is persistence to stand outside when ambient temperature is -26C/-14F, Windchill -33C/-27F. 🥶🥶🥶 Along with your eye lashes are frozen with icicles due to condensation, ears stinging if exposed, camera battery dying in 15 mins and windshield fluid freezing all in short succession. And the Québec-Lévis ferry took 40 Minutes because of Ice Jam 😂 Toronto, Ontario (Feb 2022) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...72ce359cd8.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f5b46a1db8.jpg *Some events can be pre-planned, other sorta happens on their own. 🤷🤷 Between trying to catch extra snooze prior to a client breakfast, and extra prep was airplane spotting.🙂 Photo taken here is AC 7283 Toronto Pearson - Tokyo Narita taking off Cap-Rouge, Nova Scotia (Mar 2022) https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...927b7b491e.jpg *One of my oddball calls ever, let's go to the Maritimes in Early Spring Hey, I had the whole place to myself basically 🙂 Vancouver, British Columbia (Apr 2022) https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...db67ec17c3.jpg *Similar to the February photo, sometimes its all about luck. By far the cutest photo of the year if not ever, Newborn Rabbit Kits on Easter Long Weekend 😍😍😍 Brussels, Belgium (May 2022) https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...55b2193e52.jpg *Again, not exactly the most inspiring photo ever taken, especially in Belgium Failgium But what if I was doing this 🤷 Emoji with 😐 Face inside the fixture, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson, yes that Boris Johnson was debating about the Irish Backstop which seems like a millennium ago Chania, Greece (May 2022) https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...27be409f11.jpg *Perhaps the only sane trip of the year Hong Kong (Summer 2022) https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...099802f3bd.jpg *One of the fixtures at a Local Mall commemorating Twenty-Fives Years of __________🤷🤷 Central, Hong Kong (Summer 2022) https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...540136bd59.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...df6d104747.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...93083a39bb.jpg *Welcome to Hong Kong, World's Greatest Potemkin City 🏙️ You've heard from the Leader, "Opportunity and timing, right here, right now in Hong Kong. This is the moment you have been waiting for. Go for it. Get in front, not behind."☝️ Worldwide Web (Summer 2022) https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...3c7fbdb1e5.png *Courtesy of the State Department, HK gets "Level 4 - Do Not Travel" status, joining the club with some other fantastic states 😢😢 Star Ferry, Hong Kong (Summer 2022) https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...8f445f637f.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...2cb650bfb7.jpg *Every single day feels stormier and stormier in HK, until the day you leave 😢 Tallinn, Estonia (August 2022) https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9f0f20b083.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9b3ad4bdde.jpg *Between all the horrible events of 2022, Just remember the Biggest Murderer in the World is from the Far East, not Europe😔😔 Narva, Estonia (Aug 2022) https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1085dac6b7.jpg *Just a small swim across the river is Mother Russia after a 2.5 hr train ride surrounded by Russian Hotties 😮 Toronto, Ontario (Aug 2022) https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...b6c07abae2.jpg *Toronto Pearson, the Worst Airport in the World of 2022 😡😡 Our guarantee is to leave you ill-satisfied after having your flight delayed or cancelled, lose your checked bag, long security line, and charge abhorrent airport landing and user fee.😠 Because Oh Canada! Now welcoming 500K more people a Year that wishes to pay into our Ponzi Scheme 😉 Vancouver, British Columbia (Oct 2022) https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...2ffe21e539.jpg *An Ode to a Never-Ending Summer of the Pacific Northwest, sun-tanning on a Canadian Beach in Early October 😎😎 Winnipeg, Manitoba (Nov 2022) https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...e368f0baed.jpg *I was always taught "All Animals are Equal, but some animal are more equal than others" 🤔 Perhaps next line should be "Rights Good, Notwithstanding Better" 😆😆 Most Bone-Chilling Photo of the Year Hong Kong (Summer 2022) https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...656e8e0f4c.jpg *Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's Four Points of Hope 💡 https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...219e694d16.jpg *Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Four Musts" 💡 https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...a9d015f3ac.jpg *Firmly Implement Chairman Xi's "Caring For Youth" Speech 💡 Keepsake Photo of the Year Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (Summer 2022) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1eb1735f9b.jpg *A Storm is Brewing, onto 2023 and Beyond 😖😖😖 |
Originally Posted by Short hair Francis
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Geez wakesetter93, why the early rush man!! LMAO 😮
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https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...0be1bb63d1.png My flights 2022 (minus one ZRH-LCY that flightradar didn't capture); Interactive 2022 was a year of 'revenge travel' - started as I meant to go on by boarding a plane Jan 1st. My most miles flown in any one year, and I think the first to feature three long-haul trips. Anything new for this year shown in bold. Countries: Armenia, Norway, Switzerland, UAE, USA US States: California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah Airports: BOI, BRS, CDG, DXB, EDI, EVN, LCY, LGW, LHR, ORD, OSL, SFO, SLC, ZRH Airlines: Air France, Alaska Airlines, BA CityFlyer, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, flydubai, Norse Atlantic, SAS Connect, SkyWest Airlines Aircraft: Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Airbus A380, Boeing B737, Boeing B777, Boeing B787-10, Embraer E175, Embraer E190 Lifetime flights: 205 (+18 in 2022) Lifetime Miles flown: 208,949 (+32,486 in 2022) Shortest flight: 216 miles (CDGLHR) Longest flight: 4866 miles (LHRSLC) Number of flights: 18 Average flight length: 1804 miles https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...147b1381c1.jpg Glenwood Springs, the world's largest hot springs pool - my rest point half way through travelling from Chicago to San Francisco by train. Trip Report https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...84087b3e5f.jpg The Aareschlucht, explored during the climbing world cup in Meiringen, Switzerland. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...c701727c9b.jpg Utah State Capitol - my second visit of 2022 to Salt Lake City, as above for world cups. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...420c853e59.jpg Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Oslo - an unexpected bonus of joining the first Norse Atlantic flight LGW - OSL. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1057431db6.jpg Abandoned soviet space science in Armenia. Day trip as part of the Extraordinary Travel Festival - hopefully get a trip report together for that! |
New Countries (0):
New Airports (5): YBP (Yibin), TFU (Chengdu-Tianfu), VLC (Valencia), FOC (Fuzhou), LHW (Lanzhou) New Airlines (3): OQ (Chongqing Airlines), FU (Fuzhou Airlines), BR (EVA Air) New Planes (0): Shortest Flight: FRA-MUC, 185 mi Longest Flight: MUC-TPE, 5768 mi Total Airports: 28 Total Flights: 66 Total Miles: 90,146 mi Looking forward to this one next year https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...1112ae09af.jpg |
Still one flight to go from YYZ to AKL, but I ll include it here
Countries: 25 (4 new, up to 163 total) Airports: 44 (11 new - IST(new),YYG,IOM,SJC,SOF,RUN,PLZ,BON,CNX,TDX,BER) - up to 281 total Airlines: 22 (5 new - Loganair, Air Austral, Airlink (SA), Divi Divi, Thai Smile) - up to 117 total Number of flights: 77 Number of miles: ~165,000 And as always, zero flights/miles for work |
My busiest flying year to date, dominated by work travel (80% or so). Due to the chaos in Europe this summer I decided to postpone long haul leisure to next year.
No of segments 129 +1 to come No of airports 28 - 6 new (GOT, HAM, BER, OTP, DXB, RUH) No of carriers 13 - 2 new (Emirates and Tarom) No of aircraft 11 - 1 new (Airbus 318) https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...cc9de8ff49.jpg |
No flights for me in 2022. Zero. Zip. Nada. A big fat goose egg. Also no hotel stays either.
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# flights: 23
Distance Flown: 105,750 km Average Distance: 4,598 km Longest Flight: SYD-YVR, 12,484 km Shortest Flight: PDX-SEA, 208 km # airports: 14 New airports: PDX, GVA # foreign countries: 4 New countries: Switzerland # airlines: 8 New airlines: None |
2022 turned out to be a relatively good year in terms of travel; went on five trips and hit three new countries (including World Cup in Qatar).
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d228b0f6a4.png Total Flights: 21 Total Miles: 44,319 Miles Total Countries (9): Thailand, Turkey, Montenegro, Malaysia, Laos, Republic of Ireland, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar Total Airports (15): SIN, BKK, IST, TIV, ADY, DMK, DUB, MUC, KUL, HND, NRT, DXB, SHJ, DIA, DOH Total Airlines (7): Gulf Air, Singapore Airlines, Air Montenegro, Turkish Airlines, Thai AirAsia, Swiss International, Lufthansa, Air Arabia, Qatar Airways New Planes (3): Embraer E-195, B737-MAX8, B787-10 Shortest Flight: KUL-SIN, 185 Miles Longest Flight: SIN-ZRH, 6,410 Miles *New in Bold* Some photo highlights:- https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...48f0703f_c.jpg Lake Skadar, Montenegro https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...96e50e87_c.jpg Bay of Motor, Montenegro https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...d38b5d99_c.jpg Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...10ca553f_c.jpg Nemrut, Turkey https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...291e3f8c_c.jpg Cappadocia, Turkey https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...4bbbe3b5_c.jpg Anit Kabir, Ankara, Turkey https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c7ddd4ed_c.jpg Galatasaray vs Adana Demirspor, Turkey https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...55c494df_c.jpg Arriving in Boten, Laos during my overland trip from Singapore - full trip report here. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6781e275_c.jpg Mount Fuji from Kawaguichiko, Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1c9f0983_c.jpg Autumn in Kamikochi, Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7e39594c_c.jpg Setsugekka train, Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...73dc29fb_c.jpg Trying out curling at Karuizawa, Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a7c758e4_c.jpg Standing-only izakaya, Tokyo, Japan https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e3cd04b8_c.jpg Burj Khalifa from afar, Dubai, UAE https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9a12f852_c.jpg France v Denmark at Stadium 974, Qatar - cool stadium, meh atmosphere. We really wished that we got tickets to Argentina vs Mexico instead. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6c70bf74_c.jpg Japan v Costa Rica at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, Qatar - a lot of anticipation for Japan's win but Ticos spoilt the party. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ccdfdda8_c.jpg Croatia v Canada at Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar - the most number of goals I've seen in a single World Cup match. |
Thrilled that travel is back!
New Countries (9): Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Lebanon, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Countries (19): Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Bahrain, UAE, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, Poland, Thailand, Lebanon, Serbia, Germany, Vietnam, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Indonesia New Airports (19): IST, FNC, BAH, TLV, LCA, PFO, KTW, WAW, JED, BEY, SKG, PAS, BEG, GMP, TAS, FEG, UGC, SKD, ALA New Airlines (7): Gulf Air, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Saudia, Air Serbia, Uzbekistan Airways Airlines (18): Turkish, Aegean, TAP, Gulf Air, Etihad, El Al, Buzz, LOT Polish, Singapore Airlines, Thai, Saudia, SkyGreece, Olympic, Air Serbia, Thai Airasia, ANA, Asiana, Uzbekistan Airways Shortest Flight:PAS-ATH, 91 Miles Longest Flight: FRA-SIN, 6395 Miles Total Airports: 34 Total Flights: 48 Total Miles: 71,931 Miles |
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