RedChili From Norway, joined Jul 2005, 1494 posts, RR: 1 Posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 6556 times:
Danish charter operator Spies is celebrating its 50th birthday by bringing 400 people on a round-the-world tour with a MyTravel A330-300, flight DK 1956, with 405 seats. They will also bring their own mechanics.
In 21 days, the airplane will visit 11 destinations on four continents. Spotters will be able to see the bird in such uncommon locations as:
22 Apr: Copenhagen - Hamilton, Canada (arr 14:05)
23 Apr: Hamilton - San Francisco (arr 19:00)
25 Apr: San Francisco - Honolulu (arr 19:10)
27 Apr: Honolulu - Rarotonga, Cook Islands (arr 05:20, 28 Apr)
30 Apr: Rarotonga - Sydney (arr 12:55, 1 May)
03 May: Sydney - Sandakan, Malaysia (arr 05:30, 4 May)
04 May: Sandakan - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (arr 12:15)
06 May: Kota Kinabalu - Ho Chi Minh City (arr 11:00)
08 May: Ho Chi Minh - Agra, India (arr 17:15)
09 May: Agra - Muscat, Oman (arr 18:50)
11 May: Muscat - Cairo (arr 15:20)
12 May: Cairo - Copenhagen (arr 21:25)
DeltaMD88 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 38 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 6432 times:
Thats awesome! Does anyone know if something like this has ever been done before by any airline for an anniversary? How would one get on something like this?
Cheers!
RedChili From Norway, joined Jul 2005, 1494 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 6219 times:
Quoting DeltaMD88 (Reply 1): Does anyone know if something like this has ever been done before by any airline for an anniversary?
I've heard rumors that the Concorde was also used for these kind of flights, but I don't know for sure.
Quoting DeltaMD88 (Reply 1): How would one get on something like this?
It's fully booked by now, but the tour was open for bookings from anybody. The price was DKK 39,995 including hotels, excursions and most meals.
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 2): Why would they take it into YHM when MyTravel flies into YYZ for regularly scheduled service? Any ideas?
Rdwooty is correct, they're going to Niagara. The airplane arrives at 14:05 on the 22nd, and leaves at 17:00 on the 23rd. So if you deduct the time spent in passport control, waiting for baggage, check-in, and security, they will have less than 24 hours outside of the airport.
Scbriml From United Kingdom (England), joined Jul 2003, 8282 posts, RR: 20 Reply 6, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 6156 times:
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Some pretty cool routings. However, I wouldn't fancy spending that much time on an A330 with another 400 pax - not much room.
Bjornstrom From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 290 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 6143 times:
405 people on a A333? The 2-class planes CX use has 311 seats, 3-class only 251. Im not sure I'd like to pay 39k DKK for this when you can get a Star Alliance Round-the-World in Business Class on SQ (and others) for less
FLYtoEGCC From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 947 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 6114 times:
The MYT A330-300 I came back from Cancun on in summer (OY-VKG) had 370 seats arranged 2-3-2 in premium and 2-4-2 in standard. How have they managed to get an extra 35 seats in?
The Danish division of MyTravel (DK) has three A333s with more than 400 seats. During the summer, they usually fly from CPH, ARN, OSL and other Scandinavian cities to destinations in Spain, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus, or other places close to the Mediterranean.
Quoting Bjornstrom (Reply 7): Im not sure I'd like to pay 39k DKK for this when you can get a Star Alliance Round-the-World in Business Class on SQ (and others) for less
I totally agree with you. But you also have to remember that included in this price is hotels, most meals and excursions for three weeks.
RedChili From Norway, joined Jul 2005, 1494 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 6073 times:
Quoting FLYtoEGCC (Reply 8): The MYT A330-300 I came back from Cancun on in summer (OY-VKG) had 370 seats arranged 2-3-2 in premium and 2-4-2 in standard
According to www.mytravelairways.dk (see url below) OY-VKG and the two other A333s have 405/408 seats, while the single A332 has 360 seats, 49 in royal and 311 in tourist class. The A333 normally does not have any royal class. When it's flying in a one-class configuration, it has 3-3-3 seating in the front cabin.
Bjornstrom From Australia, joined Jun 2005, 290 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 6049 times:
Quoting RedChili (Reply 9): I totally agree with you. But you also have to remember that included in this price is hotels, most meals and excursions for three weeks.
The CRTWSTAR1 with 15 stops / 24 flights on any Star Alliance carriers in Business Class is about DKK32000 (could not find the exakt price on a quick search) which still gives you more than $1k USD for hotels and meals.
Sure - its about the same price but compare flying a packed A333 with charter tourists with relaxed life in a SpaceBed on second floor 744 with SQ service
Swissy From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 1230 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 5891 times:
Quoting Cruiser (Reply 2): Why would they take it into YHM when MyTravel flies into YYZ for regularly scheduled service? Any ideas?
Cost and closer to Niagara Falls
Quoting RedChili (Reply 5): Rdwooty is correct, they're going to Niagara. The airplane arrives at 14:05 on the 22nd, and leaves at 17:00 on the 23rd. So if you deduct the time spent in passport control, waiting for baggage, check-in, and security, they will have less than 24 hours outside of the airport.
They should be faster on their way than going trough YYZ as YHM is about
45 min. closer to the falls.
Quoting Scbriml (Reply 6): Some pretty cool routings. However, I wouldn't fancy spending that much time on an A330 with another 400 pax - not much room.
Agree 100 %........
Quoting RedChili (Reply 5): I've heard rumors that the Concorde was also used for these kind of flights, but I don't know for sure.
If I remember right back in the early 90's, but it was quite expensive.
FLYtoEGCC From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 947 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 5611 times:
Quoting RedChili (Reply 10): According to www.mytravelairways.dk (see url below) OY-VKG and the two other A333s have 405/408 seats, while the single A332 has 360 seats, 49 in royal and 311 in tourist class. The A333 normally does not have any royal class.
Thanks, interesting... in that case, is it possible that they re-fitted it slightly to make it compatible with the UK fleet? (As far as I know it was on lease to MYT UK all last summer.) I flew outbound on an A330-200, so it would seem that the -300 would need to be interchangeable on routes with the -200. I could have sworn it had the Premiair Gold cabin, but I could be mistaken... but the MyTravel inflight magazine definitely stated it as having 370 seats.
Also, they have no PTVs in standard like the -200s do... grrrr!
YULWinterSkies From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1067 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 5301 times:
Quoting Rdwootty (Reply 4): Maybe they are just going to Niagara and the airport is nearer|?
or hopefully they are not going to Toronto and hence no point flying to YYZ.
Quoting Boysteve (Reply 14): Surely they would use less fuel flying the opposite way round the world. Meaning less time for all on the aircraft and it would be a bit cheaper too!
Yes, but this would mean a lot of redeye flights and people tend to better adjust to longer days than shorter days, at least when on vacation.
Dutchjet From Netherlands, joined Oct 2000, 7864 posts, RR: 56 Reply 20, posted (2 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3861 times:
Quoting Scbriml (Reply 6): Some pretty cool routings. However, I wouldn't fancy spending that much time on an A330 with another 400 pax - not much room.
Thats the first thing that I thought of, doesnt sound very comfortable to me.
Several tour operators do custom round-the-world trips with a dedicated aircraft.......usually these are superluxury arrangements with very, very comfortable aircraft equipped with biz class seats......say 60 to 70 persons on a 752. Obviously, the price card is very d
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