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Tai's Travels - Year 7

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.
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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 Tear Six  -  80 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

Tai's well known passengers

 

 

 

Expand … Emirates' Tim Clark.Tim Clark
President of Emirates Airline

(twice!)

Gordon Ramsay - F word chef and TV person

boomtown ratBob Geldof - Boomtown Rat - and hunger campaigner.

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.

Sheikh Rashed Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum

Deepika Padukone - Bollywood actress

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.  

Trip
No.

New
City No.

Destination

Date

Flight Numbers

Layover Nights

Notes and Pictures

534

 

Bangkok

30 November - 2 December 2013

374/375

Two nights away, one night layover

 

533

 

Bangkok

27-29 November 2013

370/371

Two nights away, one night layover

 

532

 

Cape Town

23-25 November 2013

770/771

Two nights away, one night layover

 

531

 

Hong Kong

19-20 November 2013

382/383

Two nights away, one night layover

530

 

Damman

18 November 2013

823/824

Overnight Turnaround

 

529

 

Damman

17 November 2013

823/824

Overnight Turnaround

 

528

 

Bangalore

14 November 2013

566/567

Turnaround

 

 

 

Annual Leave

 

 

 

 

527

 

Riyadh

31 October- 1 November 2013

813/814

Overnight Turnaround

 

526

 

Kuala Lumpur

28 -30 October 2013

342/343

Two nights away, one night layover

525

106

Adelaide

22-24 October 2013

440/441

Three nights away, one night layover

524

 

Riyadh

17-18 October 2013

813/814

Overnight Turnaround

 

523

 

Kuala Lumpur

10-12 October 2013

342/343

Two nights away, one night layover

 

522

 

Glasgow

4-5 October 2013

27/28

Two days away, one night layover

 

521

 

Khartoum

2 October 2013

733/734

Turnaround

 

520

 

Bahrain

1 October 2013

839/840

Turnaround

 

519

 

Houston

24-27 September 2013

211/212

Four days away, two nights layover

518

 

Madrid

13-15 September 2013

143/144

Two nights away, one night layover

517

 

Kuwait

9 September 2013

871/872

Turnaround

 

516

 

Damman

8 September 2013

823/824

Overnight Turnaround

 

515

 

Kuwait

6 September 2013

853/854

Overnight Turnaround

 

514

 

Seattle

30 August- 2 September 2013

229/230

Four days away, two nights layover

513

105

Algiers

25-27 August 2013

757/758

Two nights away, one night layover

512

 

Madrid

19-21 August 2013

143/144

Two nights away, one night layover

 

 

 

Annual Leave

 

 

 

 

511

 

Madrid

4-5 August 2013

141/142

Two days away, one night layover

 

510

 

Houston

29 July - 1 August 2013

211/212

Four days away, two nights layover

48 hours in Houston and just a bagel picture!

509

 

Frankfurt

24-25 July 2013

43/44

Two nights away, one night layover

508

 

Madrid

20-22 July 2013

143/144

Two nights away, one night layover

507

 

Doha

18 July 2013

849/850

Turnaround

 

506

 

Doha

16 July 2013

847/848

Overnight turnaround

 

505

 

Seychelles

11-12 July 2013

705/706

Two nights away, one night layover

 

504

 

Venice

5-6 July 2013

135/136

Two days away, one night layover

503

 

Ahmedabad

3-4 July 2013

538/538

Overnight Turnaround

 

502

 

Kuwait

30 June 2013

855/856

Turnaround from standby

 

501

 

Entebbe

26-27 June 2013

729/730

Two days away, one night layover from home standby











500

 

Mumbai

23 June 2013

502/503

Turnaround from home standby

Trip number 500 - celebrated with a Mumbai turnaround....

499

 

Seychelles

21-22 June 2013

708/707

Two days away, one night layover from home standby

498

 

Sana'a

17 June 2013

961/962

Turnaround from home standby

 

497

 

Entebbe

14-15 June 2013

729/730

Two days away, one night layover from home standby

 

496

 

Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne

6-10 June 2013

408/409

4 nights away - called out from home standby

495

 

Doha

2 June 2013

849/850

Turnaround from airport standby

 

 

 

Annual Leave

22-31 May 2013

 

 

 

494

 

Perth

18-20 May 2013

424/425

Two nights away, one night layover

 

493

 

Frankfurt

13-14 May 2013

45/46

Two days away, one night layover

 

492

 

Bahrain

12 May 2013

838/839

Turnaround

 

491

 

Colombo

10-11 May 2013

650/651

Two days away, one night layover

 

490

 

Addis Ababa

7 May 2013

723/724

Turnaround

 

489

 

Khartoum

5 May 2013

733/734

Turnaround

 

488

 

St Petersburg

30 April - 1 May 2013

175/176

Two days away, one night layover

487

 

Athens

28 April 2013

105/106

Turnaround

 

486

 

Milan

25-26 April 2013

101/102

Two nights away, one night layover

485

104

St Petersburg

21-22 April 2013

175/176

Two days away, one night layover

484

 

Mumbai

15 April 2013

504/505

Overnight turnaround

 

483

103

Lyon

6-9 April 2013

81/82

Three nights away, two nights layover

482

 

Singapore and Melbourne

29 March 2013 to 3 April 2013

404/405

Five nights away, three nights layover

 

481

 

Hamburg

24-25 March 2013

59/60

Two days away, one night layover

480

 

Milan

21-23 March 2013

91/92

Two nights away, one night layover

479

102

Lisbon

17-19 March 2013

191/192

Two nights away, one night layover

 

 

Annual Leave

10-14 March 2013

 

 

 

478

 

Madrid

6-8 March 2013

141/142

Two days away, one night layover

477

 

Cairo

2 March 2013

927/928

Turnaround

 

476

 

Kuwait

1 March 2013

871/872

Turnaround

 

475

 

Singapore and Brisbane

21-25 February 2013

432/433

Five nights away, three nights layover

474

 

Madrid

15-17 February 2013

191/192

Two nights away, one night layover

473

 

Glasgow

11-13 February 2013

25/26

Two nights away, one night layover

 

472

 

Muscat

10 February 2013

866/867

Overnight turnaround

 

471

 

Sydney

3-5 February 2013

414/415

Two nights away, one night layover

470

 

Perth

28-30 January 2013

422/423

Two nights away, one night layover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Leave

469

 

Mumbai

12 January 2013

508/509

Turnaround

 

468

100/101

Lusaka/Harare

9-10 January 2013

713/714

Two days away, one night layover

 

467

 

Venice

4-5 January 2013

137/138

Two nights away, one night layover

466

 

Bahrain

3 January 2013

835/836

Overnight turnaround

 

465

 

Nice

28-29 December 2012

77/78

Two days away, one night layover

464

 

Perth

25-27 December 2012

424/425

Two nights away, one night layover

463

 

Bangalore

22 November 2012

564/565

Overnight turnaround

 

462

 

Mumbai

19 December 2012

506/507

Turnaround

 

461

 

Baghdad

17 December 2012

941/942

Turnaround

 

460

 

Venice

11-12 December 2012

135/136

Two days away, one night layover

459

 

Manchester

8-9 December 2012

21/22

Two days away, one night layover

458

 

Doha

6 December 2012

851/852

Turnaround

 

457

 

Durban

3-5 December 2012

775/776

Two nights away, one night layover

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

19
still to visit in Red

122 in total at end May 2013 (excluding Dubai)

South Asia [17 destinations]: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras),  Cochin (Kochi), Colombo, Delhi, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Male, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkatta and Kozhikode.

Asia and Australasia [23 destinations]: Adelaide, Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Christchurch, Clarke (Manila), Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Perth, Phuket, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo (Narita) and Tokyo (Haneda).

Europe [34 destinations]: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Istanbul, Larnaca, Lisbon, London, Lyon, Gatwick, London Heathrow, Madrid, Malta, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Paris, Prague, St Petersburg, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich and Venice.

GCC/Middle East [16 destinations]
: Amman, Bahrain, Basra, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Erbil, Dhahran (Damman), Doha, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Riyadh, Sana’a, Tehran, Medinah.

Africa [23destinations]
: 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 [11 destinations]: Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, 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

South Asia

17

2

15

15

2

Asia and Australasia

24

24

0

19

5

Europe

34

32

2

31

3

GCC/Middle East

16

0

16

13

3

Africa

23

21

2

20

3

Americas

11

11

0

8

3

Total

125

90

35

106

19

Cargo Only to:              Toledo, Taipei, Kabul, Gothenburg, Almaty, Bagram, Eldoret, Zaragoza, Campinas (Brazil), Lilongwe. 10 destinations.

Total EK                       135. Agreed to Emirates web site.

Coming soon:               Sialkot from 5 November; Kabul from 4 December; Kiev from 16 January 2014; Boston from March 2014.