"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/27/2020 at 12:08 • Filed to: wingspan, planlelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/27/2020 at 12:08 • Filed to: wingspan, planlelopnik | 8
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, and with thousands of canceled international flights, and stranded passengers all over the world, airlines are going to great lengths to bring people home—and into quarantine. As a result, some interesting long-range routes are being flown for the first time.
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With so many passengers crammed together in close quarters, cruise ships have been one of the early hot zones for the spread of the novel coronavirus, and ships that are out at sea have had trouble finding a port in this viral storm. Wednesday morning, a chartered Boeing 747 operated by Norwegian flew direct from Honolulu to Frankfurt with cruise ship passengers who had been tooling around the Pacific after four different countries refused to let the passengers disembark. Hawaii only let the ship dock when engine trouble arose that could not be fixed at sea. That flight covered 7,450 miles.
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Since the mid-1930s, Australian flag carrier Qantas has flown its famed Kangaroo Route from Australia to England. As time passed and aircraft ranges increased, refueling stops dropped off the route. But even in modern days, the flight from Sydney to London called for a stop in Singapore. Now, in an effort to slow the coronavirus’ spread across the planet, Singapore no longer allows transfer traffic at its airports. So Qantas is using the Airbus A380 for the first time on the Kangaroo Route, a flight which covers a whopping 8,620 miles.
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For its part, SWISS is now flying a Boeing 777 from Zurich to Santiago, Chile, the longest nonstop route the airline has ever flown. Like the others, the 7,418 mile flight is being undertaken to bring stranded travelers back to Europe.
As the pandemic continues, you can expect to see fewer regular flight and more of these special routes.
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WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 12:15 |
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What’s the air time on the Australia to England flight?
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ttyymmnn
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
03/27/2020 at 12:20 |
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Almost 17 hours (16:46). That’s a long time to spend in an airplane.
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WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 12:26 |
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Damn
Nom De Plume
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 12:26 |
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Inb4JuanTrippe memes
Get it Juan Trippe
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ttyymmnn
> Nom De Plume
03/27/2020 at 12:28 |
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Imagine what that man would have done with a 777 or an A350.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 12:47 |
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My parentS flew lax to Logan yesterday . Plane was 20% full. Pilot said his fastest trip ever 4:20
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ttyymmnn
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
03/27/2020 at 12:49 |
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Not that it’s the same thing, but my dad was on a safari in Africa on 9/11. He flew back to the states on a 747 with maybe 20 people on it.
Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 12:56 |
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Not sure if posted earlier, but this flight ( which was unable to complete it’s normal stopover in LAX due to COVID19 ) was empty enough that they did a direct from Tahiti to Paris without refueling.
At 9, 765 miles I think it’s still the current record holder for longest scheduled passenger flight.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-worlds-longest-flight/index.html
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ttyymmnn
> Thomas Donohue
03/27/2020 at 12:59 |
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I saw that, but did not posted about it. I should have. That’s a long drink of water.
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Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 13:08 |
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I would have loved to have been the crew on that one....
Dispatcher: “You can’t stop to refuel in LAX”
Pilot:
(I realize the scheduling, extra crew, etc is much more involved but I bet as they were preparing to take off, a few of them were pretty excited to shatter the record)
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Nom De Plume
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 13:27 |
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I cannot do such without imagining what they would have to be constructed like to harken back to the golden days of air travel. A few hundred less seats and passengers goes a long ways. Baggage would of course take back some of that gain. Flying can be a good experience.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 13:45 |
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Pape ete, how about New Caledonia? I knew a girl in school in Honolulu from there and she went to France sometimes. Never thought about how she go there.
ranwhenparked
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 14:04 |
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The weirdest one so far was the early '80s 737-200 Canada chartered to bring their citizens home from Morocco, via Spain and Greenland, because medium range and no ETOPS.
someassemblyrequired
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 14:12 |
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LH is operating AKL-HND-FRA, and MNL-FRA today (well actually tomorrow given time zones). First Lufthansa flight from New Zealand.
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ttyymmnn
> Nom De Plume
03/27/2020 at 14:33 |
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I suppose, in a way, this isn’t much different from the lie-flat sleepers they have in modern first class. Still...
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ttyymmnn
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/27/2020 at 14:36 |
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I went to grad school in Houston, and I became very good friends with a guy from Christchurch, NZ. This was around 1990, so when he flew home he still had to stop in Tahiti. His girlfriend came to visit him once, and I picked her up from the airport since he couldn’t make it. She was very embarrassed when she tried to get into the car on the left side.....
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ttyymmnn
> ranwhenparked
03/27/2020 at 14:37 |
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Certainly Gander was involved...
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ttyymmnn
> someassemblyrequired
03/27/2020 at 14:40 |
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First LH from NZ? Fascinating! Thanks.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 14:43 |
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It is a long way, I have only flown down under from Hawaii and that was direct and felt long. M y great uncle went to Tahiti after WWII and married a Tahitian woman , had kids. I don’t think he ever left Tahiti after that.
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Nom De Plume
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 14:43 |
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I’d happily take the seating plans and socializing over seating charts and insular technology.
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ttyymmnn
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/27/2020 at 14:48 |
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I wouldn’t have left Tahiti either.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 14:52 |
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It’s smaller than the islands I’m from, rock fever.
imadick
> ranwhenparked
03/27/2020 at 15:18 |
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Oof that will be a shitty flight. Beggers can’t be choosers mind you...
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ranwhenparked
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 15:51 |
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I had it way wrong, it was Goose Bay-Reykjavik-Shannon-Casablanca. Greenland and Spain weren't involved at all, other than territorial overflight.
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ttyymmnn
> ranwhenparked
03/27/2020 at 15:58 |
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Still an epic flight for a 73.
Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 16:30 |
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4 pax on a 787 for Air NZ’s final flight home from Singapore before they suspended the route. As the pilot called it, a bloody big private jet. Th ey all got upgraded to biz
https://twitter.com/philipkirk6/status/1242760648104095744?s=20
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ttyymmnn
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/27/2020 at 17:14 |
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They all got upgraded to biz
I should hope so!
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> ttyymmnn
03/27/2020 at 19:17 |
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Under more normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have put it past ANZ to leave them in coach. They’re an excellent airline in many ways, but they’re very stingy with the upgrades.
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ttyymmnn
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
03/27/2020 at 20:08 |
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I would imagine this was the captain’s call. Or at least his final decision.