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Airports & Airlines

With whom do you fly, if you fly "Qantas" ?

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The Australians. Till recently you could fly Swissair ( the Swiss) or Sabena ( the Belgians), but these two companies went bankrupt in 2002. The Austrians have, apart from "Austrian Airlines", "Tyrolean" and "Lauda".



Which is the busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in Australia?

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Sydney. Sydney's airport is named after the aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith.



Which country are you in, if Malev is the national airline?

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Hungary. Portugal has TAP and Poland has LOT. Scandinavian countries have SAS as their joint national airline.



Where in the U.S.A. are you, if your plane lands at "Logan Airport"?

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Boston. For Washington D.C. "John Foster Dulles Airport" might be the airport to land at. And for Chicago "O'Hare" is a possible option. In Denver they have Denver International Airport or DIA.



Where have you arrived, if your plane lands at Kloten Airport?

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Switzerland. 'Kloten' is Zurich's airport. Belgium's main airport is 'Zaventem'. 'Melsbroek' is a military airport. In the Netherlands 'Schiphol' is best known. By the way, Dutch and Flemish travellers might frown at the names the Swiss give to their airports.



What low cost airline, based in Dallas, TX flies only the Boeing 737?

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Southwest. Southwest Airlines flies an all 737 fleet to many destinations around the United States.



What country are you in when the local airplanes have the civil airmarkings N ?

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U.S.A.. Spain is EC. Germany is D. Netherlands PH. By the way Britain is G.



True or false, after the United States, Australia has more airports with scheduled departures than any other country?

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t. Some locales are impractical to reach by anything other than air. Along a similar vein, Papua New Guinea is fourth (behind Canada).



My Southwest Airlines flight has taken a final turn over Lake Michigan and I am about to land in the second largest airport in Chicago. What is the name of this airport?

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Chicago-Midway. Midway is the second largest airport that serves the Windy City. Green Airport is located in Providence/Warwick, RI. Lakefront Airport is located in Cleveland, OH.



My plane has landed in Detroit, Michigan and I am changing planes on this airline with a major hub in Detroit. What airline am I flying?

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Northwest. Detroit is a major hub for Northwest Airlines, along with its home base at Minneapolis/St. Paul International.



My flight is climbing out of LGA. What city have I just left?

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New York. LGA is the code for LaGuardia Airport, located in the borough of Queens in New York City.



Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for flying today. We will be on the ground in PDX shortly. What city does PDX stand for?

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Portland, Oregon. From coast to coast and from one Portland to another. Have pleasant day.



In which Australian state are the cities with the codes BNE, CNS, TSV and MKY?

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Queensland. Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay are all in Queensland.



In what country would you find the airports of 'Narita' and of 'Haneda'?

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Japan. Spain's main airports are El Prat (Barcelona) and Barajas (Madrid). Singapore has SIA or Singapore Airlines and Changi is the name of its airport. Thailand has BKK Bangkok Airport. Narita is the busiest and biggest international airport in Japan. Just as Haneda it is near Tokyo. Kansai Regional near Osaka is another very important Japanese airport. So is Sendai. Air Nippon is one of Japan's best-known airlines.



If you live in Holland, what is the name of your national airline?

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KLM. Schiphol is the most important Dutch airport and is situated near Amsterdam. KLM literally means "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij"; so you fly with a kind of "Queen's Own Aviation Company".



If you are in John F. Kennedy Airport, you of course are in New York. But what was the name of the airport, before the assassination of JFK?

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Idlewild. La Guardia Airport, New York, is named after the legendary mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947). Joe di Maggio is a legendary character too, but he never became mayor of New York and no airport was named after him. Ryan Air, not O'Ryan Air, calls itself "the low fares airline".



I used to be able to fly into St. Louis/Lambert International on TWA but then it was bought out. Who bought out TWA?

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American. American purchased TWA and now flies the routes in and out of St. Louis.



I am flying to this Florida city. I have a choice of two airports with commercial airline service. The codes for these airports are SFB and MCO. What city am I trying to get to?

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Orlando. Orlando is served by MCO and SFB. MCO is the main airport for domestic and most international carriers. SFB, or Central Florida Regional, is served primarily by charter operators from the United Kingdom.



Good morning ladies and gentleman our flight to PWM this morning will be 50 minutes. What airport is PWM?

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Portland, Maine. Portland International Jetport serves the Portland, Maine area.



Delta Express is gone. Now Delta's low-cost subsidiary has a new name. Could you please tell what that new name is?

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Song. Song began operations in the summer of 2003, operating flights primarily from the Northeastern United States to destinations in Florida. It operates a fleet of Delta 757's painted in a new colorscheme.



And finally, which Australian airline is the oldest in the English-speaking world?

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QANTAS . And, as pointed out in 'Rain Man', they've never had a crash!



'Tempelhof' was formerly one of Germany's most important airports, but for decades,it has not been used for commercial flights anymore. What town is it in?

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Berlin. 'Tempelhof' became famous during the Berlin Blockade and Airlift. Apart from 'Tempelhof', Berlin still has 'Schönefeld', 'Tegel' and 'Berlin Brandenburg International'. Germany's main airline is of course "Lufthansa".

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