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AR21 Transportation
apskip:
Here is the first actual set of flights for AR21 getting from LAX to Shanghai connecting in Taipei:
China Airlines CI7 0115 0610 LAX TPE
China Airlines CI501 0905 1050 TPE PVG
Eva Air BR15 0135 0620 LAX TPE
Eva Air BR712 1010 1205 TPE PVG
It is interesting to note that CI7 and BR15 were the flights taken by teams in AR19 from LAX with the nonstop destination of Taipei.
It is also interesting that my study above predicted Shanghai, Taipei, Melbourne or Sydney would be the first destination of AR21. Two of those four were involved in the flights, although my assumption of nonstops was not utilized by World Race Productions.
theschnauzers:
My guess is that there must be an earlier arriving flight that production used to get Phil and Bertram ahead of the teams into Shanghai. The departure times of these flights out of LAX into Taipei strongly suggest that. And this:
--- Quote ---It is interesting to note that CI7 and BR15 were the flights taken by teams in AR19 from LAX with the nonstop destination of Taipei.
--- End quote ---
would, I think, make my reasoning even more likely, as the schedulers for the race would know how that worked to get production ahead in TAR 19 and make any necessary adjustments.
apskip:
the schnauzers,
There are no nonstops Phil could catch to get ahead of the teams.
However, he could connect through either Seoul or Beijing:
LAX ICN CA1060 1800 2345+1 connecting to OZ987 0135+2 0220+2
LAX PEK OZ966 1830 2120+1 connecting to CA1081 0300+2 0500+2
This would put Phil hours ahead of the teams, primarily because World Race Productions put teams on flights so that could happen.
This assumes that Phil can get to LAX before 5pm, which may not have been possible.
georgiapeach:
Too soon...
apskip:
I hate it when RFF eats my homework, but this happens more than I like.
There are only a limited number of flights teams could take out of Shanghai's Pudong airport between 3am and 6am China time:
BR6371 TPE 0315
CI5818 TPE 0330
OZ998 ICN 0420
UX51 HKG 0440
HX9232 HKG 0500
KE236 ICN 0505
If you then consider where you can connect to from TPE, ICN or HKG, there are many "been there, done that" destinations and a few genuinely novel ones. I highlight those novel ones here that depart from the connecting point between 6am and 9am Monday May 29 (which it is already over there in east Asia):
from TPE - RGN 0715 HAN 0730 SGN 0730 MFM 0850 CTU 0825
from HKG - MNL 0745 CAN 0805 Cebu 0750 Kota Kinabalu multiple Qingdao multiple
from ICN - PUS multiple, MNL multiple MFM multiple FUK multiple
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