09-14-2009, 04:20 AM
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/i...?type=blog&ak=68495779.blog
Here comes the first scheduled chinese airline. Note: they had first planned to fly to boston non stop ... but couldn't get the 787 delivered... Their existing airbus makes it to hnl just fine.
I plotted some course (s) last night by the way... shanghai (sp) to lax direct via the northern route and two great circles... shanghai /hnl hnl / lax
I came up with 300 - 400 miles more via hnl about 45 minutes of flight time
being that the chinese tourists list hawaii as #1 vegas and L.A. (So. Cal.) as 2 and 3 on their travel wish list..
It wont be long until that passenger on your right on the on the fight to vegas will be a chinese national in my estimation.
I enjoyed the discourse, looks like the bets are placed ... lets see how this plays out, one furthest from the mark buys breakfast? (Id buy just for the conversation)
Aloha
update = http://www.reuters.com/article/innovatio...GQ20090915
coffee done off to the post office, manana
Here comes the first scheduled chinese airline. Note: they had first planned to fly to boston non stop ... but couldn't get the 787 delivered... Their existing airbus makes it to hnl just fine.
I plotted some course (s) last night by the way... shanghai (sp) to lax direct via the northern route and two great circles... shanghai /hnl hnl / lax
I came up with 300 - 400 miles more via hnl about 45 minutes of flight time
being that the chinese tourists list hawaii as #1 vegas and L.A. (So. Cal.) as 2 and 3 on their travel wish list..
It wont be long until that passenger on your right on the on the fight to vegas will be a chinese national in my estimation.
I enjoyed the discourse, looks like the bets are placed ... lets see how this plays out, one furthest from the mark buys breakfast? (Id buy just for the conversation)
Aloha
update = http://www.reuters.com/article/innovatio...GQ20090915
coffee done off to the post office, manana