The International Transport Game

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After a long time on the ground we are back in the air with the Ryanair flight 3919 to London Stanstead . Take off is at 2135 and we land at 2345 Tuesday Night
Source Flight Stats

 

[me123]

(Just remember to pop the arrival day in too - helps us keep a track of where we are!)

We can make a quick transfer here, made much easier with the airport being so quiet at this time of night! We just make it on time to catch the 00:30 Pegasus Airlines flight PC4520 to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, arriving at 06:10 local time on Wednesday morning.

Source - flightstats.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0645 Pegasus Airlines flight 4520 to Ercan International Airport, Cyprus, arriving there at 0825 on Wednesday morning local time (from a list of the live departures from this airport it looks as if there are mainly domestic flights to other parts of Turkey).

(Source: Flightstats)

 

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We then board the 0645 Pegasus Airlines flight 4520 to Ercan International Airport, Cyprus, arriving there at 0825 on Thursday morning local time (from a list of the live departures from this airport it looks as if there are mainly domestic flights to other parts of Turkey).

(Source: Flightstats)

I'm guessing you mean Wednesday instead of Thursday. 24 hours is a little to long to wait

 

[ValleyLines142]

I'm guessing you mean Wednesday instead of Thursday. 24 hours is a little to long to wait????????????

I did indeed - thanks for pointing this out and have corrected this. I've been in work since 5.30 this morning, please forgive me!

 

[Quakkerillo]

me123 took us on a flight Stansted to Istanbul. However, this flight only flies weekly during July and August, to cater for the extra Turkish families going back home / tourists.
The normal scheduled flight is the PC520, which departs at 23:50, which has flown daily (except Tuesdays).

I think it's best to just carry on, as was mentioned in the rules " bending the rules is probably going to be important "
In the National game, we have to take care of normal timetables, not ones around special occasions / engineering work. What's the plan of action in these cases?

 

[ValleyLines142]

me123 took us on a flight Stansted to Istanbul. However, this flight only flies weekly during July and August, to cater for the extra Turkish families going back home / tourists.
The normal scheduled flight is the PC520, which departs at 23:50, which has flown daily (except Tuesdays).

I think it's best to just carry on, as was mentioned in the rules " bending the rules is probably going to be important "
In the National game, we have to take care of normal timetables, not ones around special occasions / engineering work. What's the plan of action in these cases?

I (personally) think that we should class this flight as being under the normal working timetable, and continue on as normal, to avoid any further delays. It's not as if the timings are wrong or anything.

 

[DasLunatic]

However, when we touch down, the pilot reminds us to hire bomb proof jackets from the forecourt if leaving the terminal. Somewhat alarmed by this, we fly back to Istanbul - Sabiha Gokcen, pushing back at 0930 and touching down at 1105 Wednesday morning.

 

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We then head to Cologne on the Pegasus flight 4397. Take off is at 1135 and we land at 1410 Wednesday Afternoon

Source Flight Stats

 

[ValleyLines142]

Please remember to quote your sources!

We then board the 1550 Ryanair flight 8036 to Dublin, RoI, arriving there at 1655 on Wednesday afternoon local time.

(Source: Flightstats)

 

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Ryanair flight 666 takes us across the Irish Sea to Birmingham . Take off is at 1650 and we touch down at 1800

As taking the Ryanair flight to Birmingham that I posted is impossible we instead take the 1820 Aer Lingus flight to Birmingham that gives us plenty of time till our next flight as it arrives at 1920

Source FlightStats

 

[DasLunatic]

Ugh, Ryanair's yellow flight to hell...

After three hours in check-in hell, we are finally presented with a boarding pass for a country we're yet to visit: India!

Air India Flight 114 departs Brum at 2100 and touches down at Delhi Indira Gandhi International, India at 10:00 AM the next day - a Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1100 Emirates flight 511 to Dubai International Airport, arriving there at 1255 on Thursday afternoon local time.

(Source: Flightstats)

 

[ooo]

Eager to tick another country off the list we head to Baghdad on Iraqi Airways flight 124 . Take off is at 1345with landing at 1515

Source Flight Stats

 

[DasLunatic]

Eager to avoid being shelled by al-Qaeda, we return to normality onboard Turkish Flight 843. It pushes back at 1620 and arrives into Antalya Havalimanı at 1905 Thurday evening.

Google Flights

 

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At 2015 we head to Hannover with Condor Flight 4907 which arrives at 2300 Thursday Night

Source Flight Stats

There are a LOT of different flights from here to Germany

 

[DasLunatic]

With our ears sore after spending two whole days on aircraft, we walk to the nearby Stadtschnellbahn station and at 0006, our train rolls in. We take it to its terminus of Hannover Hbf, arriving at 0023 in the wee hours of Friday.

Google Maps

 

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We take the STB 10 Stadtbahn to Goetheplatz leaving at 0032 and arriving at 0037 Friday Morning

Source bahn.de

 

[Quakkerillo]

Please remember to quote your sources!

We then board the 1550 Ryanair flight 8036 to Dublin, RoI, arriving there at 1655 on Wednesday afternoon local time.

(Source: Flightstats)

We haven't experienced Ryanair yet in this game so Ryanair flight 666 takes us across the Irish Sea to Birmingham . Take off is at 1650 and we touch down at 1800

Source FlightStats

Nobody noticed this impossible minus 5 minute change?

 

[DasLunatic]

It's another short hop as we board the 500 bus at 0059 and travel a mere three stops to Hannover Deisterplatz/Allerweg, arriving at 0103 Friday morning.

Google Maps
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Nobody noticed this impossible minus 5 minute change?

Maybe the Ryanair flight was late... as it usually is?

 

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Nobody noticed this impossible minus 5 minute change?

I've changed the flight used to one 90mins later as this would still work and would make the game easier as many posts have happened since. I hope everyone is OK with this.
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It's another short hop as we board the 500 bus at 0059 and travel a mere three stops to Hannover Deisterplatz/Allerweg, arriving at 0103 Friday morning.

Google Maps.

üstra BUS 100 takes us to Konigsworther Platz . We leave at 0419 for an arrival of 0431

bahn.de

 

[Bodie]

We dive underground here and journey on the U - Bahn network.

We board a line 4 train that is bound for Roderburch. We set off at 0440 and alight at Bahnhof Karl-Wiechert-Allee and the time there is 0458 Friday morning.

Source : Ustra.de

 

[ooo]

We then travel to the wonderful Herrenhaüser Garten on Stadtbahn Line 4 leaving at 0516 and arriving at 0536 Friday Morning

Source bahn.de

 

[Bodie]

0900 opening of the gardens here means we can only admire them from afar.

So we push on and catch the next northbound tram which is a line 5 service which we take to Bahnhof Leinhausen.
We depart at 0543 and arrive at 0547 on Friday morning.

Source: Bahn.de

 

[DasLunatic]

We then leave Hannover on the S1 train to Minden(Westf), departing at 0634 and arriving at 0723 Friday morning.

Google Maps

 

[Bodie]

Let's head East...

0749 IC 2445 to its end at Dresden Hbf arriving at 1237 Friday afternoon.

Source: Bahn.de

 

[DasLunatic]

Wanting to travel east at a higher speed, we board the 1248 S2 train to Dresden Flughafen, arriving at 1309 Friday afternoon.

Google Maps

 

[Bodie]

We pass up two internal flights and elect to head to Crete.

Pulling back from the terminal at 1515 aboard Condor flight 5634 to Heraklion where we land and taxi at 1910 local time on Friday evening

Sources: Dresden airport website and flightstats

 

[dzug2]

We take Citybus 6 from the airport into Heraklion, bus station A. If you believe the schedule (I don't really) it leaves at 2000 and arrives at 2007 Friday evening

http://astiko-irakleiou.gr/#en/routeinfo/list/552/25/1/

 

[Bodie]

We are in luck as there are two overnight ferries to Athens from the port across the road.

Our 1950 flight arrival added to half hour minimum connections from the airport to bus and from bus to ferry. We fail to make the 2100 sailing but are able to make the 2200 departure.

We stand on the deck of our ship Knossos Palace at 2200 aboard Minoan Lines sailing to Piraeus (Athens) where we dock at 0630 on Saturday morning

Source: cretetravel.com