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Timetables and Flight Information
apskip:
I extended the above analysis quite a bit further once I realized that any major cities west of Moscow and east of Frankfurt and Amsterdam have the potential to send flights into FRA or AMS to connect with LN468 or NW91 to Portland. There are a lot of such cities as you will see. There were only two cities (medium-sized) that I tried and did not find such connecting-into flights. the other places and flights are:
Kiev IEV FRA 0535 0815 LH3235
Talinn TLL AMS 0715 0855 KL1326
Riga RIX AMS 0555 0725 NW8840
Bucharest OTP FRA 0610 0745 LH3417
Budapest BUD FRA 0645 0825 LH3449
Athens ATH FRA 0605 0805 LH3385
Ankara ESB FRA 0350 0620 LH2117
Istanbul IST AMS 0535 0805 NW8510
IST FRA 0550 0750 LH3345
Sofia SOF FRA 0610 0735 LH3359
Helsinki HEL FRA 0640 0810 LH3109
Munich MUC AMS 0650 0825 NW8480
MUC FRA 0700 0845 LH963
Milan Linate LIN FRA 0725 0845 LH3959
Malpensa MXP FRA 0650 0815 LH3593
Zurich ZRH FRA 0700 0755 LH5051
ZRH AMS 0655 0840 NW8582
Barcelona BCN AMS 0600 0815 NW8423
Berlin Tegel TXL FRA 0725 0835 LH173
TXL AMS 0600 0820 NW8376
Oslo OSL FRA 0645 0845 LH3137
OSL AMS 0610 0820 NW8620
So there it is.
georgiapeach:
WOW... have to say that I would be pretty happy with any of them! Thanks, apskip!
puddin:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on May 15, 2008, 03:46:23 PM ---WOW... have to say that I would be pretty happy with any of them! Thanks, apskip!
--- End quote ---
Time to hit Picasa :lol: :groan:
apskip:
The thing that I realized after completing this exercise is that the international airlines totally support and utilize the hub-and-spoke system. Frankfurt and Amsterdam are the hubs for travel to Portland and all the rest of these cities are the spokes feeding flights in earlier enought every morning to connect with the nonstop international flights. Mid-morning is when not just Portland but I expect flights to New York, Boston, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, maybe San Antonio, Minneapolis, Denver, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle push off. Passengers on those flights have been collected from most of the major cities of Europe. It's really something special to see one small part of it in operation.
Chateau d If:
I've been working on the timing for our Bolivian leg. We have several pieces of evidence to accommodate. Here are the terms:
1) A Canadian ex-patriot saw production working around wooden bikes and a U-Turn sign in La Paz, Bolivia. She wrote that it was on the day she took possession of her La Paz apartment which turns out to be located opposite El Monticulo. And she had previously written on April 25th that the move-in was expected to be "on Tuesday". That would be April 29th. This date will conflict another piece of evidence so be prepared to allow it to adjust.
2) A traveler spotted Phil at the airport of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The sighting was in the range 9 am to 12:45 pm. :tup:
3) A traveler spotted several teams at the Santiago airport on April 30th. He has estimated that they arrived in two bunches between 4 and 6 pm. :tup:
4) On April 29th, the only flights into Santa Cruz prior to Phil getting spotted were from La Paz and Cochabamba (I say Cochabamba when I hit my thumb with my hammer!). And, for the time period involved, there were no flights into Cochbamba other than La Paz. :duno:
A Difficult Conclusion:
Phil was not on his way to La Paz on April 29th. He must have arrived from La Paz. So the Bolivian leg had been completed and his mat duties there were done. So the Canadian lady saw the U-turn and the wooden bikes in La Paz on the day before: April 28th.
With that in mind we can figure out the likely flights that teams used to get to Santiago on April 30th. Here is what I found for the two waves or groups that reached Santiago:
Wave 1:
Fly Aerosur 210 leaving La Paz at 8:30 am and arriving in Santa Cruz at 9:30 am
Continue on Aerosur 210 leaving Santa Cruz at 10:45 am and arriving in Buenos Aires at 2:30 pm
Fly Air Canada 93 leaving Buenos Aires at 4:00 pm and arriving in Santiago at 5:20 pm
As a potential bonus, if they arrived early enough in Buenos Aires, they could fly Aerolineas Argentinas 1288 leaving Buenos Aires at 2:45 pm and arriving in Santiago at 4:00 pm. :jam:
Wave 2:
Fly Lan Airlines 965 leaving La Paz at 12:45 pm and arriving in Iquique at 1:50 pm
Continue with Lan Airlines 965 leaving Iquique at 3:15 pm and arriving in Santiago at 5:25 pm
ETA: I just noticed that Wave 1 is equal to Neobie's 'pointless' flight for Phil. :bow: Well, at least my Wave 2 is new. :lol:
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