Re: [Cz-L] US Travel Options to Chernivtsi - 2011...

Dear Jordan,
This is the most comprehensive study on the subject I have met.
  Thank you Jordan for your work.
    Compared to going to Czernowitz , travelling to Outer Mongolia
 seems a childs play.

   Here are a few humble observations to your Travelogue .

.Quote:
> AIR TRAVEL:
> It is true you can fly all the way to Kiev via American Airlines/British
> Airways LAX or JFK to London (LHR) / Kiev (KBP) --- assuming one can
> tolerate the grueling 25-48 hour endeavor
 Comment:
   The distance LA to Kiev is 10.000 km.
    If you take the polar route you can knock off 500.
     There is no way to reduce this distance unless you dig a tunnel..
        Net flying time abt 14 hrs.
        With connections it may come to your estimated time.

Quote:

--- but what safe aerial options
> can be had Kiev-Chernivtsi (CWC) is unclear. Many Ukrainian airlines now
> use
> Boeing 737 or similar Western aircraft and sometimes American crews,
> although rumor has it that the An-24 is a reliable Russian transport when
> it
> isn't on fire. Flight time from Kiev is about 90 minutes; Chernivtsi
> airport
> has reportedly been updated, but just how remains a mystery. Recent posts
> on
> the list say services are nil and sometimes passengers must wait until a
> worker arrives with a key to open up the terminal.

Comment :
  The Antonov 24 was replaced by a Swedish SAAB time ago.
    Modern and reliable. But rumors are that the air service was suspended.
     So type of airplane is irrelevant.
       After 30 or more hours underway waiting another 2 hours for the
      terminal key is not so critical.
         Be happy, you are in Czernowitz now.
Hardy
       

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