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2012 in travel

concorde
Total sectors: probably 38. 37 according to Flying Blue, plus one easyJet to Bristol.


[* indicates a first time]
Airports
Birmingham International
Bristol
Edinburgh
London City
Amsterdam
Düsseldorf
Munich
Paris CDG
Vienna [*]
Zagreb [*]
Atlanta [*]
Boston Logan
Chicago O'Hare
Chicago Midway [*]
Colorado Springs [*]
Minneapolis-St.Paul [*]
Newark
New York La Guardia
New York JFK
San Francisco

2013 will see Detroit, Perth and Tallinn as definite firsts, plus at least one other - either Kuala Lumpur or Guangzhou (Canton) as those are where we'll have to change to get to Perth within the alliance/codeshares.

Types
I confess to not keeping close track, this year. Notable firsts were the CRJ 900 and the Boeing 737-900. Oddly no A380 nor 747 this year, but the forthcoming Australia trip will inevitably include one of those two. I have no plans to either go to Russia nor to book a flight on a 787 for the purpose of going on a type I've not been on before.

Monorails
Newark airport
Düsseldorf airport
Wuppertal Schwebebahn

Other oddities
Paris Funicular.
Steam-hauled open-carriage train in Bristol docks.
The air-cushion people mover at MSP.
Mattapan High-Speed Line.
The Riesenrad big wheel in Vienna.
Nice old trams in Zagreb and Vienna.

I failed to go on the funicular in Zagreb because it was out of service all the time I was there.

Comments

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saare_snowqueen
31st Dec, 2012 08:59 (UTC)
When are you coming to Tallinn and why? I'd love to see you. They have good beer here.
feorag
31st Dec, 2012 11:34 (UTC)
Not sure of the exact date but autopope is a guest at a convention there.
saare_snowqueen
31st Dec, 2012 14:28 (UTC)
That's a wonderful time to be here. The beer terraces will be in full flow all around the medieval old town.

If you're willing and send me the dates - closer to the time, I'll grab a bus and come in for the day.
feorag
31st Dec, 2012 16:30 (UTC)
It's the Tallinn Literary Festival from May 29th to June 2nd. He's not showing up on the website though his presence is mentioned on their Facebook page.
saare_snowqueen
31st Dec, 2012 22:32 (UTC)
Wonderful! Let's make plans when we get closer to the date
feorag
31st Dec, 2012 11:48 (UTC)
Just asked himself - end of May.
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