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Tai's Travels - Year 8
This
page records the seventh year of Tai's travels with Emirates Airline, starting
from 1 December 2012. The most
recent flight is shown first.
Links
Tai's Travels Year
One - 69 trips
Tai's Travels Year Two -
69 trips
Tai's travels Year Three
- 87 trips
Tai's travels Year Four -
79 trips
Tai's travels Year Five - 72
trips
Tai's Travels Year Six -
80 trips
Tai's Travels Year Seven - 77 trips
Tai's travels Year Eight - 67 trips (2
months unpaid leave in year)
Emirates Airline - the company's web site
Dubai Airport - the airport's own web
site - good arrival/departure information
Tai's Travels - the picture gallery. Pictures from her travels with Emirates are here:
Africa Europe Asia and Australia Americas
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Tai's well known passengers |
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(twice!) |
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 Morgan
Richard Tsvangirai is the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. He is President of the
Movement for Democratic Change |
 Muhammad
Yunus - founder of Grameen Bank, and 2006 winner of the Nobel Prize for
Peace. |
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Fernando Torres - gbp50 million footballer and once upon a time goalscorer |
 Hrithik
Roshan - grumpy Bollywood actor with family. |
 12th
President of Nigeria; in office from 29 May 1999 – 29 May 2007 - likes
coffee with honey and Baileys - (not at the same time) |
 Evander
Holyfield - the only 4-time World Heavyweight Champion, winning the WBA, WBC,
and IBF titles in 1990, the WBA and IBF titles in 1993 and the WBA title in
1996 and 2000. Famous for his part in "The Bite Fight" in 1997 when Mike
Tyson bit both of Holyfield's ears. |
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Tim
Clark
Gordon
Ramsay - F word chef and TV person
Bob
Geldof - Boomtown Rat - and hunger campaigner.
Sheikh
Rashed Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum 
Deepika
Padukone - Bollywood actress
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Trip |
New |
Destination |
Date |
Flight Numbers |
Layover Nights |
Notes and Pictures |
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603 |
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Hamburg |
1-2 December 2014 |
59/60 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
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602 |
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Dusseldorf |
23-25 November 2014 |
57/58 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
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601 |
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Nairobi |
21 November 2014 |
719/720 |
Long turnaround (over 10 hours block time) |
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600 |
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Kuwait |
20 November 2014 |
853/854 |
Overnight turnaround |
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599 |
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Seattle |
13-16 November 2014 |
229/230 |
Three nights away, two nights layover |
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596 |
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Vienna |
8-9 November 2014 |
125/126 |
Two nights away. One night layover. |
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595 |
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Male and Colombo |
5-6 November 2014 |
652/653 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
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594 |
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Perth |
31 October - 2 November 2014 |
420/421 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
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593 |
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San Francisco |
24-27 October 2014 |
225/226 |
Three nights away, two nights layover |
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Annual Leave |
13-19 October 2014 |
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592 |
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Kuala Lumpur |
9-11 October 2014 |
342/343 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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Annual Recurrent Training |
7-8 October 2014 |
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591 |
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Milan |
4-5 October 2014 |
101/102 |
Two days away. One night layover. |
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590 |
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Washington DC |
28-30 September 2014 |
231/232 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
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589 |
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Perth |
21-23 September 2014 |
420/421 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
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588 |
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Dublin |
12-13 September 2014 |
161/162 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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587 |
113 |
Kabul |
10 September 2014 |
640/641 |
Turnaround from homes standby |
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586 |
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Lisbon |
4-5 September 2014 |
191/192 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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585 |
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Dar Es Salam |
31 August 2014 |
525/525 |
Two days away. One night layover from airport standby |
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584 |
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Muscat |
28 August 2014 |
652/863 |
Turnaround from home standby |
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583 |
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Tehran |
26 August 2014 |
977/978 |
Turnaround from home standby |
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582 |
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Moscow |
20-21 August 2014 |
133/134 |
Two days away. One night layover from home standby |
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581 |
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Colombo |
18 August 2014 |
654/655 |
Turnaround from home standby |
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580 |
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Doha |
15 August 2014 |
849/850 |
Turnaround from standby |
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579 |
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Beijing |
9-11 August 2014 |
308/309 |
Two nights away, one night layover - from home standby |
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578 |
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Trivandrum |
3-4 August 2014 |
522/523 |
Overnight turnaround from home standby |
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577 |
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Manchester |
28-29 July 2014 |
21/22 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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576 |
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Medina |
27 July 2014 |
807/808 |
Overnight turnaround |
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575 |
112 |
Phuket |
22-24 July 2014 |
378/379 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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574 |
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Damman |
21 July 2014 |
823/824 |
Overnight turnaround |
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573 |
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Addis Ababa |
19 July 2014 |
723/724 |
Turnaround |
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572 |
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Stockholm |
15-16 July 2014 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
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571 |
111 |
Stockholm |
12-13 July 2014 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
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570 |
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Hyderabad |
10 July 2014 |
524/525 |
Overnight turnaround |
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Unpaid leave from 1 May to 30 June 2014 |
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569 |
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Bombay |
30 April 2014 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
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568 |
110 |
Washington |
25-27 April 2014 |
231/232 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
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Compassionate/Unpaid leave |
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567 |
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Doha |
13 April 2014 |
847/848 |
Overnight turnaround |
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566 |
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Rome |
10-12 April 2014 |
95/96 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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565 |
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Frankfurt |
6-7 April 2014 |
43/44 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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564 |
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Doha |
4-5 April 2014 |
845/846 |
Overnight turnaround |
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563 |
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Beirut |
2 April 2014 |
953/954 |
Turnaround |
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562 |
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Bangalore |
28 March 2014 |
566/567 |
Turnaround |
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561 |
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Lisbon |
25-26 March 2014 |
191/192 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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Annual Leave |
15-23 March 2014 |
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560 |
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Hong Kong |
11-13 March 2014 |
386/387 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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559 |
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Delhi |
10 March 2014 |
510/511 |
Overnight turnaround |
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558 |
109 |
Dallas - Fort Worth |
2 March - 5 March 2014 |
221/222 |
Four nights away, two nights layover |
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557 |
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Amsterdam |
24-26 February 2014 |
149/150 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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556 |
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Chennai/Madras |
21 February 2014 |
544/545 |
Turnaround |
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555 |
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Bahrain |
19 February 2014 |
835/836 |
Turnaround |
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554 |
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Glasgow |
16-17 February 2014 |
27/28 |
Two days away, one night layover |
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553 |
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Madrid |
10-12 February 2014 |
143/144 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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552 |
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Vienna |
7-8 February 2014 |
127/128 |
Two days away, one night layover |
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551 |
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Manchester |
5-6 February 2014 |
21/22 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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550 |
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Dusseldorf |
29-30 January 2014 |
55/56 |
Two days away, one night layover |
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549 |
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Chennai/Madras |
26 January 2014 |
544/545 |
Turnaround |
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548 |
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Perth |
22-24 January 2014 |
422/423 |
Two nights away, one night layover - from airport standby. |
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547 |
108 |
Jeddah |
19 January 2014 |
801/802 |
Overnight turnaround from home standby |
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546 |
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Kuwait |
17 January 2014 |
855/856 |
Turnaround from home standby |
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545 |
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Bangkok |
11-13 January 2014 |
370/371 |
Two nights away, one night layover - from home standby |
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544 |
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Muscat |
10 January 2014 |
862/863 |
Turnaround |
From home standby |
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543 |
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Bangkok |
5-6 January 2014 |
2370/377 |
Two nights away, one night layover - extra flight and deadhead to Dubai |
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542 |
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Glasgow |
2-3 January 2014 |
27/28 |
Two days away, one night layover |
From home standby |
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541 |
Bangkok |
28-29 December 2013 |
374/375 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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540 |
Mumbai |
26 December 2013 |
508/509 |
Turnaround |
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539 |
Doha |
25 December 2013 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
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538 |
Beirut |
24 December 2013 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
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537 |
Bangkok, Sydney, Christchurch |
11-18 December 2013 |
418/419 |
Eight days away, six nights layover |
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536 |
Bangkok |
6-8 December 2013 |
374/375 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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535 |
107 |
Basra |
5 December 2013 |
945/946 |
Turnaround |
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Emirates has 119 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. New destinations have been visited as follows.
49 cities visited for the first time
in year 1 in Blue.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 2 in Green.
14 cities visited for the first time in year 3 in
Orange
11cities visited for the first time in year 4
in Purple
2 cities visited for the first time in year 5 in
Grey
7 cities visited for the first time in year 6 in Black
5 cities visited for the first time in year 7 in Brown
3 cities visited for the first time in year 8 in
Light Green
1 city visited for the first time in
year 9 in Pink
117
Total visited.
18 still to visit in
Red
134 in total at end January 2014 (excluding Dubai)
South Asia [18 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Peshawar, Sialkot, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.
Asia and Australasia [24 destinations]: Adelaide, Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Phuket, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo (Narita) and Tokyo (Haneda).
Europe [38
destinations]: Amsterdam,
Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham,
Brussels, Budapest,
Copenhagen, Dublin,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Geneva, Glasgow,
Hamburg, Istanbul,
Larnaca, Lisbon,
Lyon, London Gatwick,
London Heathrow, Kiev,
Madrid, Malta,
Manchester, Milan, Moscow,
Munich, Newcastle,
Nice, Paris, Oslo,
Prague, St Petersburg, Rome,
Stockholm, Vienna,
Warsaw, Zurich and
Venice.
GCC/Middle East [17 destinations]:
Amman, Bahrain,
Basra,
Baghdad, Beirut,
Damascus,
Erbil, Dhahran (Damman),
Doha, Jeddah, Kabul,
Kuwait, Muscat,
Riyadh, Sana’a,
Tehran, Medinah.
Africa [23destinations]:
Abuja, Abidjan, Accra,
Addis Ababa, Algiers,
Cairo, Cape Town,
Casablanca, Conakry,
Dar es Salaam,
Dakar, Durban,
Entebbe, Harare,
Johannesburg, Khartoum,
Lagos, Lusaka,
Mauritius, Nairobi,
Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis
and Luanda (Laounde).
Americas [14 destinations]: Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Washington
Emirates Passenger Destinations:
|
Region |
No of Destinations |
Layovers |
Turnaround |
Visited |
Still to visit |
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South Asia |
18 |
2 |
16 |
15 |
3 |
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Asia and Australasia |
24 |
24 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
|
Europe |
38 |
36 |
2 |
34 |
4 |
|
GCC/Middle East |
17 |
0 |
17 |
16 |
1 |
|
Africa |
24 |
22 |
2 |
20 |
4 |
|
Americas |
14 |
14 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
|
Total |
135 |
98 |
37 |
117 |
18 |
Cargo Only to: Gothenburg, Zaragoza, Viracopas (Brazil), Lilongwe, Chittagong, Djibouti, Hanoi, Khartoum, Liege. (9 cargo only) destinations.
Total EK 143. Agreed to Emirates web site.