On 2006-11-02 23:35:55 -0600, Alan S said:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:00:30 GMT, Dan Stephenson
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am going to visit Istanbul for two weeks next April and I'd like
>> some connection advice for the Zurich airport. I have never flown
>> through the Zurich airport before.
>>
>> How plausible is a connection time between a 7:50am arrival from the
>> USA and 10:45am departure to Istanbul, and later a 9:45am arrival from
>> Istanbul and a 11:10am departure from Zurich home to the USA? That is
>> nominally 2hrs 55 min connection time on the way in, but only 1 hr 25
>> min on the way out.
>>
>> Also, given a 1 hr 25 min connection time on the return, I wonder: what
>> kind of lateness risk should I have in Turkish airlines (which is the
>> only carrier my research has found can match my American Airlines
>> arrival and depart times with Zurich; I've also researched BA and Swiss
>> Air Lines -- any I missed?).
>>
>> Please advise, thanks, and if you email me note the nospam.
>
> Is a Zurich connection critical?
Well, I need to use Ameican Airlines because I lift 20 minutes from its
hub in Dallas, Texas, which has non-stop flights to London Gatwick,
Paris CDG, Frankfurt, and Zurch. I wanted a non-stop transatlantic leg
that got me back to customs in my home town, and which are shorter,
anyway. So from LGW, CDG, FRA and ZRH I checked with BA, Swiss, and
Turkish air lines, and only the Turkish schedule barely fits one of the
four - Zurich. So this is why Zurich was 'critical'.
> Swiss and Turkish do seem to be the only non-stops; if you
> can choose different link cities then a much wider range
> appears - Alitalia, Czech, Iberian, BA etc. I flew on the
> IST-BCN leg earlier this year on Iberian.
Right, but I was looking for a non-stop back to Dallas from Europe.
> The flight did depart 30 minutes late; however, I don't know
> whether that was caused by Iberian or the Airport (which is
> reasonably modern) or something else.
>
> Might be worth considering a pleasant stopover for a day or
> two in Rome, London, Prague or Frankfurt - or Zurich - on
> the way home.
Aye, I could, and I'd choose Paris, actually, but just a day is
unsettling, and more robs from my time in Istanbul. I'll have to think
about it.
> You may find the Istanbul posts in the blog below
> interesting.
Thanks I'll check it out.
>
> Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Dan Stephenson
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