My flight from Ulaanbaatar to Frankfurt was departing at 10AM, so I got to the airport plenty early, at around 6:15AM. Ulaanbaatar Airport is quite small, and there's only a single terminal. Upon entering the terminal, domestic check-in was to the right, while international check-in was to the left. Even though the airport is MIAT…
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How on earth does a 737 (the Borussia Dortmund Plane) have the range to fly from Istanbul to Mongolia.
@Zoxy
It doesn't fly the ULN-IST route. Only TK flies a **direct** ULN-IST. That flight is also direct
(not non-stop) and makes a stop in FRU (as lucky mentioned). The Dortmund plane is part of Miat's fleet, and Miat doesn't fly to Ist.
I'm really surprised to see that Miat has a Borussia Dortmund plane. I originally thought it was a Turkish 737. Does Miat sponsor them or something?
"Meanwhile the one with winglets is used for the Frankfurt flight (which is their only longhaul service, and it’s only seasonal)."
What plane do they fly to Berlin? I think they fly via Moscow to there, unless I am mistaken.
@Zoxy - The turkish airlines plane makes a stop in Kyrgyzstan (as Lucky mentioned before). The plane that flies that route is a 737-9
Didn't read the article, just saw the Dortmund plane and assumed it was a Turkish plane as I've seen Turkish 737 in Dortmund livery at IST a bunch. Wonder if the partnership between Turkish snd Dortmund is still going on. Would be interesting if it is as I can't remember a team having multiple airline partners even though airlines oftentimes sponsor multiple teams. Would be interesting to find out.
I love mine fanny pack.
I put all my things in it.
More people should do it.
Do you vant one ben?
Amazing all the airport signs are in english and very few of them have a second language.
@ZOXY Borussia Dortmund currently HAV a sponsorship with EuroWings, they have an A320 painted in their colours. Very surprised to see the TK plane still in BVB colours as their partnership has been over since the end of the 2015-16 season.
Wondering why you got to the airport so early. I know your job is to review travel stuff... but it feels like you could have shown up 2 hours early and still had the ability to do a quality review.
Have you reviewed the Air Canada lounge in FRA? Have heard good things about it but never did the small walk to it.
@James -
The anxiously anticipated Illuyshin review will be apart of Ben's Uzbekistan trip reports, which we probably won't see for a couple more weeks.
Just curious as I’ve seen this in all your reports. You seem to head to the airport way earlier than anyone should who flies first or business. Why is that?
I mean I get it when you have access to high end lounges with dining and spa and whatnot. But you obviously know that won’t be the case at small or obscure airports that will have a very basic lounge. So why show up so early? It seems to cause you more problems than advantages (eg not being able to check in yet, immigration this time etc)
The beds that you described on the second floor are also common in a number of other airports, just uncommon in the US and Europe.
I visited the business class lounge in UB a few days ago (Friday 16th March 2018). It looks the same. The offerings at 8:00 am were sushi, sandwiches, small salad or ribs. The coffee was very good. One of the young ladies spoke good English and was very pleasant, seeking to refill our cups of coffee. The other young lady spoke no English. I did not try the food. I was pleased and impressed, with the service.