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apskip:
TARFANSurvivor,
No, we are not sure which one they fly from, but I have a strong hunch it will be Frankfurt. These are by no means the only flights, but they are the best (from my post 79 on this thread):
Here is the best flight from Frankfurt to Baku:
Nonstop LH612 1350 2120
The best alternative is to go Munich to Istanbul to Baku:
TK636 1820 2155
TK338 2335 0410+1
It is obvious that the nonstop flight is better IF they can get it.
maf:
--- Quote from: apskip on March 19, 2012, 08:40:44 AM ---Here is the best flight from Frankfurt to Baku:
Nonstop LH612 1350 2120
The best alternative is to go Munich to Istanbul to Baku:
TK636 1820 2155
TK338 2335 0410+1
It is obvious that the nonstop flight is better IF they can get it.
--- End quote ---
Yes, but let's not forget that it is a 4 hour drive to Frankfurt and a 2 hour drive to Münuch.
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: maf on March 19, 2012, 04:38:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on March 19, 2012, 08:40:44 AM ---Here is the best flight from Frankfurt to Baku:
Nonstop LH612 1350 2120
The best alternative is to go Munich to Istanbul to Baku:
TK636 1820 2155
TK338 2335 0410+1
It is obvious that the nonstop flight is better IF they can get it.
--- End quote ---
Yes, but let's not forget that it is a 4 hour drive to Frankfurt and a 2 hour drive to Münuch.
--- End quote ---
Why can't they just take a train to Frankfurt? They could then "showcase" their beautiful HD.
maf:
A quick not regarding the travel to Ehrwald. We see that Art & JJ arrived late in the evening and had to wait until 06:30 before they were allowed to leave.
The next two teams probably managed to catch a late train from Innsbrück to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (REX 5432 at 20:48-21:59) and then spent the night in Gramisch before boarding the first train in the morning RB 5470 06:37-07:01. This matches the footage from their arrival where one can see the station clock showing just after 7.
The last teams got stuck in Innsbrück for the night and took the first morning train, also via Gramish, which arrived at 08:28.
apskip:
I have taken a deeper look at the flights from Frankfurt or Munich via Istanbul or Moscow to Baku. My starting assumption is that teams will be bunched reasonably close together, so World Race Productions would have no need to slow down the lead teams with unusual pit stop length. I am estimating teams might have finished leg 5 around 11am to noon and been released from the pit stop between 11pm and midnight. It takes perhaps 4 hours to drive to Frankfurt and perhaps 2 hours to Munich, so what would they find?
Here are the better flights from Frankfurt to Istanbul to Baku:
TK1598 0745 1128 TK334 1500 1945
LH612 1330 2100 nonstop
Here are the better flights from Munich to Istanbul to Baku:
TK1638 0730 1103 TK334 1500 1945
TK1636 1155 1736 TK338 2230 0410+1
Here is a flight from Munich to Moscow-SVO to Baku:
SV2323 1225 1730 SV1852 2335 0025+1
This suggests that unless a team is released after 5am (making the TK1638/TK334 combination untenable) they should go to Munich because that combination is equivalent to TK1598/TK334 from Frankfurt, with less risk from driving half as long.
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