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AR19 Primary TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
theschnauzers:
To be clear, my last post was suggesting provided tickets. In recent seasons, this has been done, and teams were free to find earlier arriving flights if they could find them. In this instance, from the flight frequency, the number of flight legs and connections, the apparently emergency substitution of the Thailand legs, and the time frame between the Bangkok pit stop and the sighting on the flight to Malawi, it would be a very sound thing for production to do.
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on October 26, 2011, 01:00:04 PM ---CORRECTED:
** means confirmed flight sightings
June 24>>flying to Phuket, late eve arrival **
June 25>>Phuket leg + 24 hour 48 hour Pitstop
June 27>>more Phuket/Phang Nga, overnight bus ride Phuket to Bangkok
June 28>> Bangkok leg, usual Pitstop
June 29>>begin travel to Malawi, dep Bangkok
June 30>>Malawi arrival (via Joburg)**
--- End quote ---
Neobie:
Ah, thanks Peach! Here's a shot of Cathi's watch as they were leaving the Pit Start at Phuket. Certainly looks more like a "MO 6 27" than a "SU 6 26" eh?
apskip:
It's been over 2 weeks since this thread last had a post, but we now know what teams actually did in getting from LLW to CPH. There were no flights out on July 3 except via Lusaka onward to Nairobi on KQ732 1255 0545+1. There the teams split up. It looks like Laurence/Zac had a better travel agent in Malawi. They got this itinerary:
NBO LHR VS72 0942+1 1644+1
LHR CPH SK1516 1815+1 2106+1 (36 minutes later than as reported in the telecast)
The other teams would have taken NBO AMS KQ166 0810+1 1555+1.
If they were quick or slow on the International to International connection at AMS, they would have gotten Cimber Airlines (I have never heard of it) QI3534 2045+1 2241+1. That arrived with 2 of the teams 19 minutes after the reported-on-the-telecast 1030pm arrival in Copenhagen. 2 other teams were on Norwegian Air 3541 2115 2310.
Marcus and Amani elected to stay in AMS airport rather than getting booked all the way to Copenhagen (what were they thinking?). They still had the opportunity to get into the mix of all 5 teams ahead of them by taking:
SQ7364 0125+2 0255+2 but they passed that up too.
They actually took on July 4 SK560 0655+2 0820+2
apskip:
I have taken a look at the new Lego-Land photos and have withdrawn my bold prediction. From Copenhagen to Billund, there are 3 major ways of getting there (I once took a train in the reverse direction, so I know that's easy):
train - about 3 hours
bus - about 3 hours
flight - about 1 hour + hassle time before and after in airports on both ends; they were 7 flights on July 6
From Billund to Brussels is 390 miles. They could take a train (particularly an overnight), but they probably will fly. Here is the sparse schedule of what actually happened on July 7:
EZ8221 0725 0834
EZ8223 1750 1917
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