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Airports and Airlines XVI

My travels for 2014 are likely over — and I was surprised to realize that I had not updated this in almost two years — so I had to do a lot of thinking and examining of my calendar to remember all the new airlines, airports, and airplanes that I had used, visited, and flown.  There’s a tiny chance that I will fly somewhere for Christmas, but, if I do, it would be  on an airline I’ve used before, to some place I’ve been before, and on a type of equipment that I’ve flown before.

The highlights of the last two years? Asia, it’s airlines, airports — getting there on the 787.  HND, NRT, HIJ, FUK, ICN, and HKG — plus, depending upon how you count it, GUM — with ANA, Asiana, and, not that it is new, United.  Throw in northern bits of the UK, and my non-US count shot up dramatically.

Within the 50 United States, I’ve added only one mainline carrier: Hawaiian — one of two airlines named after a state — and it’s 717, a plane that is difficult to find and fly.

The first couple months of 2015 promise to be exciting (at least for me) with two new airlines and five new airports — and, I believe, one new type of aircraft, the Dornier 328 – 110.

I might note that at least one of the US airports that I have flown to will be losing commercial service in 2015 — and it would not surprise me if a second airport also lost commercial service: CLD for sure, LAR likely.

Airports I have flown in or out of:
US: ABE; ALB; ATL, AUS; BDL; CLD; CLE; CVG; DCA; DEN1; DEN2; DFW; DRO; DTW; EWR; EVVFAR; GSO; GUM; HNL; IAD; IAH; IND; JFK; KOA; LFT; LAR; LAS; LAX; LGA; MCI; MCO; MEM; MKE; MOB; MSP; MSY; ORD; ORF; PDX; PHX; PIT; PVD; RDU; SAN; SDF; SFO; SHV; SLC; STL (50)

Non-US: AMS; AOC; AYTBHX; BRS; BRU; BTS; BUD; CDG; CGN; CPH; CPT; DUB; EDI; EIV; ERF; EVN; FDH; FRA; FUK; GDL; GLA; HIJ; HHN; HKG; HND; ICN; INV; IST; JNB; KBP; KOI; LCY; LEJ; LIS; LGW; LHR; LSI; LUT; MAD; NRT; NUEPMI; PRG; STN; STR; SVO; SXF; SZG; THF; TLL; TXL; VIE; YUL; YVR; YXU; YYR; YYZ; ZRH (59)

Airports visited but not traveled through: CID; COA; COS; MDW; PUB;

Airlines I have flown on:
US Based Carriers: America West; American; American / American Eagle; Aspen; Cape Air; Continental; Continental / ExpressJet; Delta; Delta / Atlantic Coast; Delta / Comair; Delta / ExpressJet; Frontier (new one); Frontier (the original); Hawaiian Airlines; Midway; Midwest Express; Midwest Express / Skyway Airlines; Northwest; Northwest/ Mesaba Airlines; Northwest / Pinnacle Airlines; TWA; United; United Express / Atlantic Coast; United Express / Chautauqua; United Express/ Express Jet; United Express / SkyWest; US Airways

Non-US Airlines: 1Time; Аэрофлот; Air Berlin; Air Berlin / TUIfly; Air France; Air France / Régional; Air Service Berlin; ANA; Asiana; Austrian (Tyrolean); brussels airlines; easyJet; germanwings; KLM; KLM Cityhopper; LanChile; Lufthansa; Lufthansa / CityLine; Lufthansa / Eurowings; RyanAir; RyanAir / Buzz; SAS;  Sky Airlines; SkyEurope (Hungary); SkyEurope (Slovak Republic); Singapore; SWISS; TAP Portugal; Transavia;Turkish Airlines; Tyrolean Airlines; Міжнародні Авіалінії України; VLM Airlines.

Star Alliance Hubs Used (as hub): Brussels, Chicago/ORD, Cleveland, Denver, Frankfurt, Houston, LAX, Munich, Newark (as Continental & United), Tokyo (HND), Tokyo (NRT), Washington/Dulles, Zurich (Hubs as O&D: Copenhagen, Denver, Frankfurt, Guam, Istanbul, Seoul (ICN), Vienna)

SkyTeam Hubs Used (as hub): Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, MSP, Memphis, Moscow (SVO), New York/JFK, Newark (as Continental), Paris, Salt Lake City (Hubs as O&D: Amsterdam, Prague)

Airplanes flown on: 717, 727, 737 (-200, -300, -400, -500, -700, -800, -900), 747 (-300, -400), 757 (-200), 767 (-200, -300ER, -400ER), 777 (-200), 787 (-8), A318, A319, A320, A321, A300-600, A330 (-200 -300), A340-300, Avro RJ85, BAE146, Cessna 402, Corvair, CRJ, CRJ-900, DC 9s (-30, -40, -50), DC 10 (-30), EMB-120, MD 11, MD 80, MD 90, ERJ-145, -190, -195, F50, F70, F100, IL-86, Saab 340, TU-154M.

Places I’ve Entered the USA: Air: Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Cincinnati (CVG), Denver (DEN), Detroit (DTW), Guam (GUM); Houston (IAH); Memphis (MEM), Montreal (YUL); New York (JFK), New York (EWR), Salt Lake City (SLC), Vancouver BC (YVR), Washington (IAH) (14). Land: Detroit, El Paso, Niagara Falls, New York Northway (4)

Places I’ve Entered Britain: BHX, BRS, EDI, GLA, LCY, LHR, LGW, STN (8)

Places I’ve Entered Schengen: Air: AMS, AOC, BRU, CDG, EIV, ERF, FRA, MAD, MUC, SXF, TXL, ZRH (11) Land: Dresden (train from Czech Republic), Görlitz (Foot from Poland), Konstanz (Road from Switzerland), Vienna (train from Bratislava) Sea: Helsinki (Ferry from Estonia) Note: Some of these crossings are no longer Schengen border crossings, but they were when I made them.

Notes:

DEN1 = Stapleton International Airport; no longer exists

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