Fun Trivia : Airports & Airlines

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

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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.



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.



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!



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 the most widley known airport. By the way, Dutch and Flemish travellers might frown at the names the Swiss give to their airports.



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.



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 is PH. By the way Britain is G.



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".



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.



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".



With whom do you fly, when you fly Qantas?

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Australians. 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.



Tempelhof was formerly one of Germany's most important airports, but it closed in October 2008. What town was 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.