Hapag-Lloyd is often spelt as "Hapag-Loyd". But now they just call themselves Hapagfliege, no Loyd potential any more.
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Jump to postBut in practice, you could always use R&F even within a local Verkehrsverbund (on <acronym title="Brit Air (France)">DB</acronym>) - because it's impossible to prove you did not start your journey 500 kms away. Plus, <acronym title="Brit Air (France)">DB</acronym> gets a rather high flat fee for eac...
Jump to postYes, I realise going to Transnistria is not a problem at all. If I go to see Moldova, a visit to Tiraspol is definitely on the agenda. The problems I was referring to were like: You come from Ukraine to Transnistria, no problem. But when you cross the border from Transnistria to Moldova-proper, the ...
Jump to postYou know, Moldova (combined with Odessa/Southern Ukraine) is actually high on my to-do-list - it's the two European countries I haven't visited yet. Plus, I'm from Mannheim which is Chisinau's sister city. I just fear I won't have the time this summer <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/fro...
Jump to postDo you read German? Then check out <a href="http://www.interflug.net/aufenthaltsorte.htm" target=_blank>http://www.interflug.net/aufenthaltsorte.htm</a> which lists the current status of a couple of <acronym title="Great China Airlines and Italy First">IF</acronym> ships. Some were sold and fly unti...
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Jump to postWhat is the price range of these flights? Say, this <acronym title="Basle / Mulhouse - Euro (BSL / MLH / LFSB), France">BSL</acronym>-<acronym title="Geneva - International (Cointrin) (GVA / LSGG), Switzerland">GVA</acronym> flight next week, how much would that cost (Besides the 120 CHF membership ...
Jump to postAh, I was waiting for someone to post a report, thanks a lot, Cedarjet. Must have been really nice, I enjoyed my one trip with airevents (Belavia Yak 40) tremendously. Coupla questions, if I may: You mention the gear being extended for the <acronym title="Berlin - Tegel (TXL / EDDT), Germany">TXL</a...
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Jump to postInteresting discussion - didn't realise the German a.net crowd was such a bunch of lefties <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> Anyway, I'm not going to wade through everything that was said so far, but I'm going to make some remarks. <acronym title="Aer Arann Express ...
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Jump to postDaniel, thanks for this nice report. Looks like the <acronym title="Varig Brasil and Varig (Brazil)">RG</acronym> M11 between <acronym title="Paris - Charles de Gaulle (Roissy) (CDG / LFPG), France">CDG</acronym> and <acronym title="Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS / EHAM), Netherlands">AMS</acronym> is ki...
Jump to postLOL! Some observations from my part: - During all my 2004 US immigrations (2 <acronym title="Miami - International (MIA / KMIA), USA - Florida">MIA</acronym>, 1 <acronym title="San Diego - Miramar MCAS (NAS) / Mitscher Field (NKX / KNKX), USA - California AND Mountain View - Moffett Federal Airfield...
Jump to postI have a question about all this percentage stuff as far as alcohol limits are concerned: In Germany, the limit for driving is 0.5 per thousand = 0.005 = 0.5 % This figure measures the amount of alcohol in one's blood. How come the figures you're all talking about are ten times lower, i.e. legal Fla...
Jump to postMarkus, thanks for the nice report. Sounds like "Hapagfly Express" still offer a consistent product. I always perceived them to be more "down to earth" as opposed to the a bit hoity toity "we're actually <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>" germanwings. Pity I didn't note the regs of m...
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Jump to postIt was an airport employee travelling on a package tour; no non-reving, <acronym title="Normandie Aviation (France)">ID</acronym>-tix or standby travel involved. I can understand why non-enthusiasts would feel uncomfortable in the cockpit jump (or ANY jumseat) - however, he consented to his relegati...
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Jump to postGot this from a German newspaper: On a flight Germany -> Turkey (~ 3 hours) a passenger was seated on the cockpit jumpseat due to overbooking. Upon return he sued the tour operator for an unspecified amount of damages because he alleged the uncomfortable seating had caused a thrombosis. He lost the ...
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Jump to postTo clear some confusion: In 1972, the <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym> 727-100 D-ABIG was hijacked in order to free the terrorists who were serving terms in Germany for their participation in the Olympic Games massacre in Munich ealier that year. The hijacking fortunately ended with...
Jump to postThe Lady Agnes is still there, hosting a Lilienthal museum as well as the local marriage registrar (great place to get married, right?) Coupla pics: <a href="http://www.east-air.de/f_pics/il62.htm" target=_blank>http://www.east-air.de/f_pics/il62.htm</a> <a href="http://www.interflug.net/IL-62/D-EG_...
Jump to postThanks for the nice report! It reminds me very much of my own experience; except, I didn't take the Thalys but easyJet. The latter was probably cheaper <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/silly.gif" alt="Silly"> To echo what Ndebele wrote, it's really amazing how many of us have taken this...
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Jump to postI spent three months in Honduras last year, from there I did a highly peculiar trip to Nicaragua: Two months before I went back home, I had been to Ecuador. Upon arrival at TGU, the immigration guy stamped only 30 days in my passport. Unfortunately, I only noticed this later, otherwise I'd have aske...
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Jump to postLEGO!!! I spent my entire childhood on Lego. I feel they kind of peaked in the late 80s, early 90s. Pirates was the last good innovation they made, afterwards it became more and more crappy. And look where they're now, they completely lost it, shame. Space was great too, the old series, mid-80s. Spa...
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Jump to postVery nice report - I too had a jumpseat landing at <acronym title="Quito - Mariscal Sucre (UIO / SEQU), Ecuador">UIO</acronym>, last September, and I agree, absolutely great experience. What I find interesting, nearly a bit eerie about the crash thing: After doing <acronym title="Quito - Mariscal Su...
Jump to postFrom time to time, they'll want to see every 346 at the main maintenance facilities at FRA.
Daniel
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Jump to postWant to take advantage of visa-free travel this summer, huh? Other than the above mentioned websites of <acronym title="Ukraine International Airlines">PS</acronym> and <acronym title="Aerosweet Airlines (Ukraine)">VV</acronym>, the classic online agencies (opodo, expedia etc.) seem to lack in the d...
Jump to postI'm glad I've never seen anybody die - but I heard one. I spent the last summer in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. One night, a friend and I were sitting in the patio enjoying a nice summer night. We were talking about how to tell gunfire from firecrackers, when suddenly two rounds of shots burst through the...
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Jump to postSay you want to spend 27.56 EUR on something, if the seller charges 2 EUR for P&P, you bid 15.56 EUR, if he charges 12 EUR, you bid 15.56 EUR. No big deal...
Daniel
Oh my, there goes the second-to-last chance to get a 707 ride - plus a couple of months of planning go down the drain... <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/frown.gif" alt="Sad"> When I saw the title, I was like "please, not the Saha 707" - oh well, now I don't have to ponder whether Iran ...
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Jump to postThese are just the normal info screens, they're everywhere in the terminal. They list most (all?) movements, including cargo flights, military charters and bizjets with regs, type of plane, departure or destination airport, block time and actual touch down or take off time. You learn a lot about unu...
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Jump to postHmm, the only other popular misspelling from the top of my head was Procter & Gamble. But the share of Proctor & Gamble was fairly low, with 178,000 vs. 1.120.000. Hapag Loyd: only 14,400 hits vs. 1.050.000. <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> do still care for their, err, orthographica...
Jump to postHi everybody, in a recent thread, the topic of <acronym title="Lufthansa (Germany)">LH</acronym>'s system of allocating registrations came up. I decided to do some research and start this separate thread for all interested parties. A couple of words up front: The first letter D stands for the countr...
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Jump to postThis practice was much more widespread in the past. I just got out an old OAG for fun (11/94, to be exact) and found the following "direct" flights ex <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>. Some interesting equipment, a nice blast from the past. ...
Jump to postVoilà : C176;LH4519 /07;<acronym title="Malaga (AGP / LEMG), Spain">AGP</acronym>;07/1530;;;07/1825;<acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym>;; C176;LH3816 /07;<acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym...
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