DEL-BOM-JNB-CPT

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Hello Africa! This afternoon I start my 3-leg trip into Africa, the last continent I haven’t visited (Ok, besides Antarctica). I’ll spend the last morning in Delhi, and then take a flight to Mumbai, and after a short stop-over fly all night on to Johannesburg, then hop on another flight to Cape Town wehere I’ll […] Read More

On to Montréal

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And another flight, hopping over the North Atlantic, heading for Montreal. I have a direct flight with Swiss, one of my favorite airlines. I’ll arrive in Montreal in mid-afternoon. Here are the stats: Flight 24 to Montréal Date: 25/06/2014 Code: LX86 from ZRH to YUL Airline: Swiss International Airlines Plane: Airbus 330-300 Distance flown: 4560 Miles Duration: 8h05 Read More

75825 kilometers

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As I really like statistics and numbers, like the longest flight, the plane models etc, I kept track of all that data on my travels. After the first trip around the globe, here are the statistics: In total I travelled 75825 kilometers, which is roughly 1.9 times the circumference of the Earth. This figure includes the flights, the […] Read More

Aviation guardian angel

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When I booked the connection from Santiago to San Francisco via Toronto and Los Angeles, I already had a hunch. This would be tight. You have to factor in delays, the time at immigration and customs, the transfers etc, etc. I had mailed all my itineraries and booking codes to my friend Renato, with whom […] Read More

Off to San Francisco

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The next few days will see a lot of traveling. Five flights in total, the first three lead me to San Francisco for a pit stop on my way to Australia, and to meet up with old friends… Here are the stats: Flight 7 to Toronto Date: 25/12/2013 Code: AC93 from SCL to YYZ Airline: Air Canada […] Read More

Got TAP’ed

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So this morning I got up at 3h55, went to the airport again (only to be there before they actually opened security…) and went on my flight to Lisbon. Which was delayed by one hour, due to ground fog and the need to get more fuel. I already saw my chances of getting to Rio […] Read More

On my (new) way

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So, to keep the statistics accurate, here’s the updated itinerary: Flight 1 to Frankfurt Date: 03/10/13 Code: LH1197 from ZRH to FRA Airline: Lufthansa Plane: Airbus 320-200 Distance travelled: 272 Miles Duration: 0h45 Flight 2 to Lisbon Date: 04/10/2013 Code: TAP571 from FRA to LIS Airline: Transportes Aereos Portugueses (TAP) Plane: Airbus 320 Distance travelled: 1157 […] Read More