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Re: Technic 99
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:43:59 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote:
> D'you mean by plane? Well, no, but I assume that it will be extremely
> expensive, as you need to go almost to the other side of the earth. Or
> do you mean that it is hard to book a flight to get you from NZ to No
> and that you need to do many intermediate stops?
I got curious and started to research this and started planning a
hypothetical trip from Auckland, New Zealand to Oslo, Norway on 14
January, with a return on 28 January. This is what I found:
Thu 14 Jan Auckland 22:35 Air New Zealand 2 13:45 Los Angeles
Thu 14 Jan Los Angeles 14:45 Air New Zealand 2 09:20 London
Fri 15 Jan London 10:35 British Airways 320 13:40 Oslo
Thu 28 Jan Oslo 19:50 Scandinavian 1511 21:00 London
Thu 28 Jan London 22:15 Singapore 321 18:55 Singapore
Fri 29 Jan Singapore 20:45 Air New Zealand 4285 11:15 Auckland
The flight to Auckland, New Zealand actually arrives two days later on
Sat 30 Jan!
The routing is actually AKL (Auckland), LAX (Los Angeles International),
LHR (London Heathrow), Oslo (OSL), LHR (London Heathrow), SIN
(Singapore), and AKL (Auckland). Ignoring great circle routes, this is
probably an around the world routing. Not having a globe handy, I think
the travel is always eastward.
Of course, if Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> is no where
near Oslo, or if "Moz (Chris Moseley)" <moz1@ihug.co.nz> is closer to
Wellington, everything changes!
The trip would cost Moz NZ$5432 or US$2858 (discounted coach fare). And
would accrue 24,863 frequent flyer miles!
Gary
GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net
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| (...) <snip> (...) sure is....jet streams. though, trying to remember (ouch that hurts!), i believe, starting at singapore, you fly into a jet stream first, then it switches directions south of the equator. My father twice made that trip around the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) D'you mean by plane? Well, no, but I assume that it will be extremely expensive, as you need to go almost to the other side of the earth. Or do you mean that it is hard to book a flight to get you from NZ to No and that you need to do many (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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