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Tai's Travels - Years 10 and 11
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)
Tai's Travels Year Nine
- 89 trips
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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795 |
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Bangkok, Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane |
16-22 May 2017 |
418/435 |
6 nights away, 4 nights layover |
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|
794 |
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Cape Town |
11-13 May 2017 |
770/771 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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|
793 |
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Sydney |
6-8 May 2017 |
414/415 |
3 nights away, 1 night layover |
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|
792 |
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Jeddah |
2 May 2017 |
801/802 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
791 |
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Bahrain |
1 May 2017 |
835/836 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
790 |
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Beirut |
29 April 2017 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
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|
789 |
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Lyons |
April 23-25 2017 |
81/82 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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|
788 |
|
Bangkok |
April 18-20 2017 |
374/374 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
787 |
|
Phuket |
April 15-17 2017 |
396/397 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
786 |
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London Gatwick |
April 10-11 2017 |
11/12 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
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|
785 |
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Cape Town |
April 5-7 2017 |
772/773 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
784 |
|
Nice |
April 1-2 2017 |
77/78 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
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|
|
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|
|
|
Leave and Unpaid Leave from 9 to 30 March 2017 |
|
783 |
|
Bombay |
March 7 2017 |
502/503 |
Turnaround |
From standby - called out as CSV |
|
782 |
|
Bombay |
March 3 2017 |
506/507 |
Turnaround |
|
|
781 |
|
Riyadh |
March 1 2017 |
817/818 |
Turnaround |
|
|
780 |
|
Boston |
21-23 February 2017 |
237/238 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
779 |
|
Madrid |
16-18 February 2017 |
143/144 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
778 |
|
Hamburg |
12-14 February 2017 |
61/62 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
777 |
|
London Heathrow |
9-11 February 2017 |
29/30 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
776 |
|
Kuwait |
6 February 2017 |
853/854 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
775 |
|
Madrid |
2-4 February 2017 |
141/142 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
|
774 |
|
Madras |
28 January 2017 |
546/547 |
Turnaround |
|
|
773 |
|
Hong Kong |
17-19 January 2017 |
380/381 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
772 |
|
Johannesburg |
14-15 January 2017 |
761/762 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
771 |
|
Sydney and Christchurch |
5-10 January 2017 |
412/413 |
Five nights away; three nights layover |
|
|
770 |
128 |
Medinah |
2 January 2017 |
2807/2808 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
769 |
|
Muscat |
31 December 2016 |
864/865 |
Turnaround |
|
|
768 |
|
Madrid |
26-27 December 2016 |
141/142 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
|
767 |
|
Doha |
25 December 2016 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
|
|
766 |
|
Amsterdam |
20-22 December 2016 |
149/150 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
765 |
|
London Heathrow |
17-19 December 2016 |
29/30 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
764 |
|
Glasgow |
12-14 December 2016 |
25/26 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
763 |
|
Tunis/Malta |
9-10 December 2016 |
749 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
|
762 |
|
Madrid |
30 November -2 December 2016 |
143/144 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
761 |
|
Glasgow |
27-28 November 2016 |
27/28 |
2 days away, 1 night layover |
|
|
760 |
|
Kuwait |
22 November 2016 |
857/858 |
Turnaround |
SUPY flight - first A380 flight |
|
759 |
|
Madrid |
11-13 November 2016 |
143/144 |
2 nights away, 1 night layover |
|
|
758 |
|
Cairo |
10 November 2016 |
927/928 |
Turnaround |
|
|
757 |
|
Los Angeles |
3-7 November 2016 |
217/218 |
4 nights away, 2 nights layover |
|
|
|
|
|
24-31 October 2016 |
|
|
SEP and A380 conversion |
|
756 |
|
Muscat |
23 October 2016 |
862/863 |
Turnaround |
|
|
755 |
|
Houston |
17-20 October 2016 |
211/212 |
4 days away and 2 nights layover |
|
|
754 |
|
Delhi |
14 October 2016 |
516/517 |
Turnaround |
|
|
753 |
|
Baghdad |
13 October 2016 |
941/942 |
Turnaround |
|
|
752 |
|
Rio and Buenos Aires |
22-26 September 2016 |
247/248 |
5 days away, 3 nights layover |
|
|
751 |
|
Addis Ababa |
18 September 2016 |
723/724 |
Turnaround |
|
|
750 |
|
Boston |
13-15 September 2016 |
237/238 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
|
|
749 |
|
Bangkok |
5-7 September 2016 |
370/371 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
748 |
|
Bangalore |
1 September 2016 |
564/656 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
|
|
747 |
126/127 |
Yinchuan and Zhengzhou |
23-27 August 2016 |
326/327 |
Five nights away; 3 nights layover - from standby |
|
|
746 |
|
Ahmedabad |
12 August 2016 |
540/541 |
Overnight turnaround from standby |
|
|
745 |
|
Cape Town |
5-7 August 2016 |
770/771 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
744 |
125 |
Oslo |
31 July - 2 August 2016 |
159/160 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
743 |
|
Doha |
30 July 2016 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
|
|
742 |
|
Seattle |
24-27 July 2016 |
227/228 |
Four nights away, two nights layover |
|
|
741 |
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Glasgow |
18-20 July 2016 |
25/26 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
740 |
|
Phuket |
5 -8 July 2016 |
396/397 |
Three nights away, two nights layover |
|
|
739 |
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Kuwait |
3 July 2016 |
875/876 |
Turnaround |
|
|
738 |
|
Basra |
30 June 2016 |
945/946 |
Turnaround |
|
|
737 |
|
Doha |
29 June 2016 |
841/842 |
Turnaround |
|
|
736 |
|
Stockholm |
22-23 June 2016 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
735 |
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Brisbane |
17-19 June 2016 |
432/433 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
|
|
734 |
|
Mashad,Iran |
12-13 June 2016 |
965/966 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
733 |
124 |
Abuja |
9-11 June 2016 |
785/786 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
    |
|
732 |
|
Madrid |
5-7 June 2016 |
143/144 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
731 |
|
Male and Colombo |
31 May - 2 June |
652/653 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
730 |
|
Beirut |
21 May 2016 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
|
|
729 |
|
Muscat |
20 May 2016 |
862/863 |
Turnaround |
|
|
728 |
|
Seattle |
14-17 May 2016 |
227/228 |
Four nights away, two nights layover |
|
|
727 |
|
Lagos |
8-9 May 2016 |
783/784 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
726 |
|
Calcutta |
6 May 2016 |
572/573 |
Turnaround |
|
|
725 |
|
Phuket |
2-4 May 2016 |
394/397 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
724 |
|
Barcelona |
29-1 May 2016 |
187/188 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
723 |
123 |
Bologna |
25-26 April 2016 |
93/94 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
722 |
|
Milan |
18-19 April 2016 |
101/102 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
721 |
|
Khartoum |
16 April 2016 |
733/734 |
Turnaround |
|
|
720 |
|
Tunis/Malta/ |
12-13 April 2016 |
749/110 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
719 |
|
Bahrain |
10 April 2016 |
833/834 |
Turnaround |
|
|
718 |
|
Auckland |
1-5 April 2016 |
448/449 |
World's longest non-stop flight - four
nights |
|
|
717 |
|
Phuket |
24-26 March 2016 |
396/397 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
716 |
|
Entebbe |
22-23 March 2016 |
729/730 |
Two days away, one night layover |
     |
|
715 |
|
Baghdad |
20 March 2016 |
943/944 |
Turnaround |
|
|
714 |
|
Addis Abbaba |
19 March 2016 |
723/724 |
Turnaround |
|
|
713 |
|
Doha |
16-17 March 2016 |
845/846 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
712 |
|
Stockholm |
11/12 March 2016 |
157/158 |
Two days away, one night layover |
    |
|
711 |
|
Ahmedabad |
9/10 March 2016 |
538/539 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
710 |
|
Bahrain |
8 March 2016 |
839/840 |
Turnaround |
|
|
709 |
|
Dublin |
4-5 March 2016 |
161/162 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
708 |
|
Beirut |
28 February 2016 |
957/958 |
Turnaround |
|
|
707 |
|
Hong Kong |
20 - 24 February 2016 |
386/387 |
Four nights away, three nights layover |
|
|
706 |
|
Muscat |
19 February 2016 |
862/863 |
Turnaround |
|
|
705 |
|
Moscow |
15-16 February 2016 |
133/134 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
704 |
|
Glasgow |
12-13 February 2016 |
27/28 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
703 |
|
Riyadh |
11 February 2016 |
819/820 |
Turnaround |
|
|
702 |
|
Boston |
5-7 February 2016 |
239/240 |
Three nights away, one night layover |
|
|
701 |
122 |
Dakar |
20-23 January 2016 |
797/798 |
Three nights away, two nights layover |
|
|
700 |
|
Madrid |
15-17 January 2016 |
143/144 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
699 |
|
Perth |
10-12 January 2016 |
425/426 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
|
|
698 |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
5-7 January 2016 |
344/345 |
Two nights away, one night layover |
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|
697 |
121 |
Boston |
26-28 December 2015 |
237/238 |
Three days away, one night layover |
|
|
696 |
|
Muscat |
21-23 December 2015 |
866/867 |
Overnight turnaround |
|
|
695 |
|
Hamburg |
18-19 December 2015 |
59/60 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
694 |
|
Larnaca and Malta |
13-14 December 2015 |
107/108 |
Two days away, one night layover |
|
|
693 |
|
Singapore and Melbourne |
5-10 December 2015 |
404/405 |
Six days away, three nights layover |
|
|
692 |
|
Muscat |
3 December 2015 |
862/853 |
Turnaround |
|
Emirates has 137 passenger destinations (excluding Dubai) now all served from Emirates Terminal 3 at Dubai. New destinations have been visited as follows.
48 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
9 cities visited for the first time in year 6 in Black
8 cities visited for the first time in year 7 in Brown
6 cities visited for the first time in year 8 in
Light Green
7 cities visited for the first time in
year 9 in Pink
8 cities visited for the first time in year 10 and 11 in
Light Blue
128
Total visited.
18 still to visit in
Red
137 in total at end November 2015 (excluding Dubai)
South Asia [19 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Multan, Peshawar, Sialkot, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.
Asia and Australasia [26 destinations]: Adelaide, Auckland, Bali, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Cebu, Clark (Manila), Christchurch, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Osaka, Perth, Phuket, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo (Narita) and Tokyo (Haneda).
Europe [38
destinations]: Amsterdam,
Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham,
Bologna,
Brussels, Budapest,
Copenhagen, Dublin,
Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,
Geneva, Glasgow,
Hamburg, Istanbul,
Larnaca, Lisbon,
Lyon, London Gatwick,
London Heathrow, Madrid, Malta,
Manchester, Milan, Moscow,
Munich, Newcastle,
Nice, Paris, Oslo,
Prague, St Petersburg, Rome,
Stockholm, Vienna,
Warsaw, Zurich and
Venice.
GCC/Middle East [19 destinations]:
Amman, Bahrain,
Basra,
Baghdad, Beirut,
Damascus,
Erbil, Dhahran (Damman),
Doha, Jeddah, Kabul,
Kuwait, Mashhad,
Medinah, Muscat,
Riyadh, Sana’a,
Tehran, Medinah.
Africa [22destinations]:
Abuja, Abidjan, Accra,
Addis Ababa, Algiers,
Cairo, Cape Town,
Casablanca,
Dar es Salaam,
Dakar, Durban,
Entebbe, Harare,
Johannesburg, Khartoum,
Lagos, Lusaka,
Mauritius, Nairobi,
Seychelles, Tripoli, Tunis
and Luanda (Laounde).
Americas [15 destinations]: Boston,
Dallas,
Chicago,
Fort Lauderdale, Houston,
Los Angeles,
New York,
Orlando, Sao Paulo,
Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, San Francisco,
Seattle,
Toronto and
Washington
Cancelled destinations previously flown to:
Nagoya
Cancelled destinations not flown to:
Kiev, Conakry,
Emirates Passenger Destinations:
|
Region |
No of Destinations |
Layovers |
Turnaround |
Visited |
Still to visit |
|
South Asia |
19 |
2 |
17 |
16 |
3 |
|
Asia and Australasia |
24 |
24 |
0 |
20 |
4 |
|
Europe |
38 |
36 |
2 |
34 |
4 |
|
GCC/Middle East |
19 |
0 |
19 |
18 |
1 |
|
Africa |
22 |
20 |
2 |
20 |
3 |
|
Americas |
15 |
15 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
|
Total |
138 |
98 |
40 |
120 |
18 |
| Cancelled destinations previously flown to. | 1 | 2 |
Cargo Only to: Gothenburg, Zaragoza, Viracopas (Brazil), Lilongwe, Chittagong, Djibouti, Hanoi, Liege. (8 cargo only) destinations.
Total EK 146. Agreed to Emirates web site.