Re: [Cz-L] Carpatair...

There is no disagreement between us. We should definitely (and have in the
past) discuss travel options to CZ. What I thought was irrelevant to this
forum was El Al's level of service - for which they often do indeed deserve
to be spanked (so do some of their passengers).

One possibility that is worth checking is getting to CZ through Kiev. There
are flights to Kiev from various European cities (by European as well as
Ukrainian carriers) as well as direct flights from New York (by the
Ukrainian carrier Aerosvit which has a good safety record, flies Boeings and
whose service is no worse than most). From Kiev Aerosvit offers daily
flights to CZ on Saab turboprops belonging to their partner Dnieproavia.
It's a one and a half hour flight).

We flew with Aerosvit/Dnieproavia from Tel Aviv (on a brand new A-320). It's
a 3 hour flight. We then connected to the CZ flight

All went well - there and back.

I wouldn't hold my breath for the Vienna-Lvov high speed train.

Zev

[Moderator's note: Zev - please post in Plain Text]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Jordan S. Bernhard
<cz-l_at_jordandirect.com>wrote:

> I disagree. Transportation options into this area are not easy by any means
> and are certainly worth discussing now and in the future. And despite its
> superb security, your "child" needs a spanking.
>
> List members, many of whom reside in North American, who might be
> interested
> in UA travel, need to know what avenues are available, current, practical
> and safe. Trusting your life to crooked players like Aeroflotsam is
> incredibly stupid unless you can guaranty passage on one of their
> contracted
> Boeing jets or Western-manufactured short-haul propjets. It would be nice
> to
> have good weather along your route as well as a prepaid life insurance
> policy.
>
> If already in Europe, get to Vienna however convenient. Austrian Airlines
> has inexpensive daily service to/from Vienna-Lvov, which also happens to
> offer 5-hour daytime trains to/from Chernivtsi. I hear that the proposed
> high-speed rail line between Vienna-Lvov is still in discussion, too
> (stalled in part due to the Ukrainian government's little funding problem).
>
> JB
>

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