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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Airports & Airlines
Sydney. Sydney's airport is named after the aviator Charles Kingsford-Smith.
Queensland. Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay are all in Queensland.
QANTAS . And, as pointed out in 'Rain Man', they've never had a crash!
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.
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.
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.
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? | Airports And Airlines Of The World
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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".
Hungary. Portugal has TAP and Poland has LOT. Scandinavian countries have SAS as their joint national airline.
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".
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.
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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