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TAR 20 Transport
Neobie:
Docol saw both the production and the teams. Production was checking in for a 12.05pm flight to Sao Paulo (via Ciudad del Este), but he also saw the teams checking in at 5.23pm at the TAM counter.
There's a 6pm flight to Sao Paulo and a 8pm flight to Montevideo. It'd be kind of weird to have an overnight leg in Uruguay, a short or non-existent Pit Stop, and then a flight to Italy (they'd need to leave Montevideo at 1.25pm), but just leaving the possibility open for now. It's also possible for a leg in Brazil, but again the not having enough time for a Pit Stop problem still holds.
apskip:
The question has been asked by Neobie for after Torino whether the next leg is Nairobi (involving no backtracking but considerable north/south movement) or Baku (involving considerable backtracking but maybe less total north/south movement depending primarily on where the following leg is). I cannot answer that question, but what I have done is to look at the optimal flight combinations (there is no nonstop point-to-point between the cities in question). Here are best combinations that I have found (with the caveat that I frequently have trouble reading my own nearly illegible handwriting):
MXP to NBO on maybe Dec. 6. 2011
MS704 MXP CAI 1335 1815 connecting MS049 2015 CAI GYD 0345+1
EK98 MXP DXB 2120 0615+1 connecting EK719 DXB GYD 1045+1 1455+1
TK1894 MXP IST 1115 1535 connecting TK607 IST NBO 1835 0210+1
SV212 MSP JED 1530 2335 connecting KQ331 JED NBO 0030+1 0630+1
NBO to GYD (Baku) on maybe Dec. 8, 2011
TK608 NBO IST 1540 2115 connecting TK336 IST GYD 2330 0810+1
EK723 NBO DXB 2335 0535+1 connecting FZ705 1130+1 1430+1
QR535 NBO DOH 1615 1910 connecting QR974 DOH GYD 0820+1 1235+1
QR533 NBO DOH 2050 2310 connecting QR974 DOH GYD 0820+1 1235+1
MXP GYD on maybe Dec. 6, 2011
TK1878 MXP IST 0845 1350 connecting TK334 IST GYD 1455 1835
TK1894 MXP IST 1115 1535 connecting TK335 IST GYD 2155 0135+1
TK1896 MXP IST 1745 2125 connecting TK333 IST GYD 2330 1410+1
GYD NBO on maybe Dec. 8, 2011
QR975 GYD DOH 1800 1945 connecting QR534 2030 0610+1
TK333 GYD IST 1330 1430 connecting TK607 1835 0210+1
EK256 GYD DXB 1845 2135 connecting KQ3110235+1 0645+1
Neobie:
Not sure where our three unknown legs lie, but AZAL and Silk Way fly direct from Milan to Baku on Fridays (one flight) and Mondays (three flights). The Turin check-in was the afternoon/evening of a Sunday, so this might be just right for the producers and teams!
apskip:
I am going to put the flights to position teams from Asuncion to Sao Paulo into context. Two go nonstop and others involve connections in Buenos Aires, only some of which are feasible. Here are the nonstops:
Dec. 2 ASU GRU PZ716 0405 0712 (note: this flight may be a bit early for teams to make)
ASU GRU PZ712 1810 2117
Here is the feasible connection through Buenos Aires:
Dec. 2 ASU EZE G37470 1205 1355 connecting with JJ8005 EZE GRU 1532 1848
ASU EZE PZ705 1710 1900 has no connection early enough to arrive in time for GRU FRA LH507 departure at 2325.
apskip:
An unknown number of teams apparently took the routing through Buenos Aires EZE airport. I wanted to show that there were 3 routes (2 nonstop ASU GRU and one connecting through EZE) potentially available. I believe that some teams that waited for the nonstop and some went to EZE. The EZE bunch were spotted by the Kenya-bound travelers and docol spotted teams in ASU airport just before the departure of the appropriate flight.
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