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Chitchat SIA FLIGHTS TO NOWHERE.
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Solly hah,
Tink he is right.
As long leave Sgp must use passport.
KNN, that knnbcjb told me go Sentosa,
must use Passport and apply Visa.
Anyway, mine is DIPLOMATIC Passport.
No need Q.
Can walk thru Customs.
No inspection of baggage .
heyhey , song hor.
Most states are in lockdown so very minimal interstate travel
har? go Sentosa use passport apply visa? either I am seriously out of touch or someone is really pulling your leg.
My understanding is that travel within legal boundaries of demesne and hence jurisdiction there is no need. in singapore flag carrier, depart from singapore soil, return to singapore soil without setting foot on foreign jurisdiction should be no need.
hmm.... of course if you say pass immigration for wayang shiok shiok also possible...
Swee lah you! Diplomatic passport. I jealous...
sustaining an erection over 3 hours isn’t exactly comfortable, 3 hours still manageable
I rather they do emergency landing at some paddy fields in Thailand.
Even fuckeins are learning from SIA...singkies bestest
Taiwan travellers take sightseeing 'flight to nowhere'
Passengers are seen before boarding a Tigerair Taiwan flight that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island and then return to Taoyuan, following the COVID-19 outbreak, at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
19 Sep 2020 08:22PM
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TAIPEI: A Taiwanese airline carried around 120 passengers on a "flight to nowhere" on Saturday (Sep 19) to view the South Korean resort island of Jeju, before flying straight back home, the latest gimmick to give people a glimpse of normality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tough border restrictions to keep the coronavirus under control have led to a 97.5 per cent plunge in international travel in the region, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
Many frequent flyers miss getting on planes and airlines including Taiwan's EVA Airways and Japan's ANA Holdings, desperate for revenue and to keep their pilots' licences current, have offered special sightseeing flights.
Saturday's flight by Tigerair Taiwan, the low-cost unit of Taiwan's largest carrier China Airlines, took off from Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport and flew up to Jeju, circling low to give passengers a chance to see the island, though mist limited views, and then flying back to Taiwan.
Passengers dressed in traditional Korean Hanbok costumes are seen before boarding a Tigerair Taiwan flight that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island and then return to Taoyuan, following the COVID-19 outbreak, at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
"I feel like I haven't gone abroad for a long time, and I think this event is very special. It's a good deal," said passenger Chen Shu-tzu, 43.
Some passengers wore traditional Korean dress to mark the flight.
A staff member holds signs that introduces Korean and Jeju languages, on a Tigerair Taiwan flight that circles over South Korea's Jeju Island before returning to Taiwan's Taoyuan, following the global COVID-19 outbreak on Sep 19, 2020. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
Passengers and staff posed for pictures before the flight took off, holding a sign in Chinese, Korean and English reading: "South Korea is missing you. Tigerair Taiwan Longing flight (to) take off."
While international travel has collapsed, domestic travel is booming in Taiwan, where the pandemic is well under control.
Flights to Taiwan's sun soaked offshore islands and rugged east coast are packed, with Tigerair leasing out some of its aircraft to bolster supply on domestic routes.
Taiwan travellers take sightseeing 'flight to nowhere'
Passengers are seen before boarding a Tigerair Taiwan flight that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island and then return to Taoyuan, following the COVID-19 outbreak, at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
19 Sep 2020 08:22PM
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TAIPEI: A Taiwanese airline carried around 120 passengers on a "flight to nowhere" on Saturday (Sep 19) to view the South Korean resort island of Jeju, before flying straight back home, the latest gimmick to give people a glimpse of normality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tough border restrictions to keep the coronavirus under control have led to a 97.5 per cent plunge in international travel in the region, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.
Many frequent flyers miss getting on planes and airlines including Taiwan's EVA Airways and Japan's ANA Holdings, desperate for revenue and to keep their pilots' licences current, have offered special sightseeing flights.
Saturday's flight by Tigerair Taiwan, the low-cost unit of Taiwan's largest carrier China Airlines, took off from Taipei's Taoyuan International Airport and flew up to Jeju, circling low to give passengers a chance to see the island, though mist limited views, and then flying back to Taiwan.
Passengers dressed in traditional Korean Hanbok costumes are seen before boarding a Tigerair Taiwan flight that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island and then return to Taoyuan, following the COVID-19 outbreak, at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
"I feel like I haven't gone abroad for a long time, and I think this event is very special. It's a good deal," said passenger Chen Shu-tzu, 43.
Some passengers wore traditional Korean dress to mark the flight.
A staff member holds signs that introduces Korean and Jeju languages, on a Tigerair Taiwan flight that circles over South Korea's Jeju Island before returning to Taiwan's Taoyuan, following the global COVID-19 outbreak on Sep 19, 2020. (Photo: Chen Shu-Tzu/Handout via Reuters)
Passengers and staff posed for pictures before the flight took off, holding a sign in Chinese, Korean and English reading: "South Korea is missing you. Tigerair Taiwan Longing flight (to) take off."
While international travel has collapsed, domestic travel is booming in Taiwan, where the pandemic is well under control.
Flights to Taiwan's sun soaked offshore islands and rugged east coast are packed, with Tigerair leasing out some of its aircraft to bolster supply on domestic routes.
This is just plain dumb
People dun take planes for fun....planes are a just a means of transport from point A to B. Air travel is not particularly enjoyable that is why airlines are forever trying to make flights more comfortable with perks.
it’s not a cruise to nowhere on a gigantic cruise liner.
And we aren’t living in the 70s or 80s where taking a plane was still a novelty for many.
People dun take planes for fun....planes are a just a means of transport from point A to B. Air travel is not particularly enjoyable that is why airlines are forever trying to make flights more comfortable with perks.
it’s not a cruise to nowhere on a gigantic cruise liner.
And we aren’t living in the 70s or 80s where taking a plane was still a novelty for many.
But those flights are sold out leh...even got airline theme cafe now...for people who miss flying...and who miss airline food..
I think the next hip thing will be airline theme brothels. The pros dress in airline stewardess uniforms.
Fly from Changi to Pulau senang. Go swim picnic on beach and come back.
precisely its cheaper now thats why people would take them for fun......thats why u see so many goddam tiongs and pinoys and shytskins everywhere......these buggers 20 years wouldnt be able to afford to step on a plane.......now they can buy $129 budget tickets.......come to sg and sightsee at MBS and look for jobs at the same time.......
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Miss travelling? Probably not as much as these people
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The design on the Boeing 787 Qantas will use for October's scenic flight was adapted from a panting by the late NT artist Emily Kame Kngwarreye.(Supplied: Qantas)
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Whether it's signing up for "flights to nowhere", buying in-flight meals to eat at home or even just pretending to be on a plane for social media, travel junkies are going to extreme lengths to get their fix.
Turns out one of the big things that people miss while not being able to travel during the pandemic is actually flying on planes.
When tickets costing between $787 and $3,787 went on sale this week for a Qantas sightseeing joy flight, on a 787 Dreamliner taking off and landing back at Sydney airport, they sold out in minutes.
Passengers on the "Great Southern Land" flight will get to board a Boeing 787 normally used for international long-haul routes and fly at low altitudes over Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Harbour.
Flying without 'all the bad bits'
Flying is the only way tourists can get to see Uluru at the moment.(ABC News: Neda Vanovac)
Curtin University aviation expert Michael Baird, himself an aviation enthusiast, said he was a big fan of the idea.
"I'd like to do one of these flights just because I enjoy the experience of being in a plane and the 787 is a great aircraft," he said.
Dr Baird said Qantas had "essentially taken out all the bad bits of flying" like checking in and going through customs.
It meant people who liked the experience of flying could "just enjoy getting up in the air".
"It's been six months minimum since most people have been able to get on a passenger jet," he said.
'Flights to nowhere'
Qantas's sightseeing flight is part of a growing trend among airlines in the Asia Pacific region of "flights to nowhere" that take off and land at the same airport.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said there had been a 97.5 per cent fall in international travel in the region, which has led a number of airlines to look for ways to get people up in the air without taking them anywhere.
Taiwan's EVA Airways last month used one of its iconic "Hello Kitty" planes for a special two-hour-and-45-minute Father's Day flight (code BR5288 which sounds like "I love you dad" in Mandarin) that took off and landed at Taipei's Taoyuan Airport.
Of the 7,000 people who applied to check in for a flight at Songshan Airport that didn't take off, only 60 were selected.(Reuters: Ann Wang)
Meanwhile, Japan's ANA used an Airbus SE A380 that usually flies to Honolulu for a 90-minute flight with a Hawaiian experience on board.
The flights in Asia have proven just as popular as the one being offered by Qantas.
Tickets costing around $228 for a Tigerair Taiwan flight from Taipei that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island reportedly sold out in four minutes.
The price included a one-year voucher for round-trip tickets from Taiwan to Korea, which can be used after COVID-19 travel bans are lifted.
Chen Shu Tze, an engineer from Taipei who bought tickets on the flight, said the voucher made it a good deal and she missed being able to travel — especially to South Korea.
"The pandemic has a devasting impact on the tourism and airline industry, so I want to help boost the economy, and I miss flying," she told Reuters.
Carbon emissions criticisms
Not everyone is a fan of these "flights to nowhere" though.
Reports in Singapore's Straits Times on Sunday that Singapore Airlines was considering putting on scenic flights from next month prompted fierce criticism.
Singapore Airlines said it was considering several initiatives but no final decision had been made on whether to offer sightseeing flights.
Qantas said it would pay to offset the carbon emissions on its scenic flight from Sydney, though some noted that would not actually reduce emissions.
A taste of flying while still on the ground
Customers eat airline-style meals at a Thai Airways pop-up restaurant at the airline's headquarters in Bangkok.(Reuters: Chalinee Thirasupa)
Meanwhile, some other services for frequent flyers craving a hit don't even involve planes leaving the ground.
In July, Taiwan's Songshan Airport had finished a big upgrade after the pandemic hit and wanted to show off the results.
Sixty "passengers" got boarding passes, and were taken through security and immigration before boarding an Airbus A330 of Taiwan’s largest carrier, China Airlines, where flight attendants chatted to them.
Then they they got off the plane and were given a meal in the airport's food court.
On the topic of airline food, Thai Airways this month opened a pop-up restaurant at their headquarters in Bangkok, offering in-flight meals served to would-be travellers in airline seats.
Back here in Australia, airline caterers Gate Gourmet earlier this year started selling frozen meals and snack packs direct to the public from Brisbane Airport and Mascot in Sydney.
On the menu are dishes like "Grilled chicken chipolatas with creamy mash peas and onion gravy" and "Hokkien vegetable noodles with soy chilli and garlic" that just need to be heated in a microwave before serving.
Staff dressed as flight attendants serve meals to customers at Tokyo's First Airlines which offers virtual tourism experiences.(Reuters: Kim Kyung-Hoon)
In Japan, First Airlines — which offers travel experiences using virtual reality technology — is not a new service but it's experiencing a surge in demand.
Grounded travellers sit in first or business class seats in a mock airline cabin where they are served in-flight meals and drinks, with flat panel screens displaying aircraft exterior views including passing clouds. They even get a pre-flight safety demonstration with a life vest and oxygen mask.
Once they "arrive", virtual reality goggles provide immersive tours at destinations including Paris, New York, Rome and Hawaii.
Faking it for the 'gram
People have been expressing their frustration in not being able to take holidays in other ways too.
Earlier this year, TikTok users started posting videos of themselves pretending to be on planes or going through the familiar airport rituals, often using the #travelathome hastag.
TikTok users create travel-inspired videos
Meanwhile, many of those yearning for simpler times when borders were less of a barrier took to recreating some of their favourite travel snaps for Instagram and Facebook for the #quarantinetravelerchallenge.
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Whether it's signing up for "flights to nowhere", buying in-flight meals to eat at home or even just pretending to be on a plane for social media, travel junkies are going to extreme lengths to get their fix.
Turns out one of the big things that people miss while not being able to travel during the pandemic is actually flying on planes.
When tickets costing between $787 and $3,787 went on sale this week for a Qantas sightseeing joy flight, on a 787 Dreamliner taking off and landing back at Sydney airport, they sold out in minutes.
Passengers on the "Great Southern Land" flight will get to board a Boeing 787 normally used for international long-haul routes and fly at low altitudes over Uluru, the Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Harbour.
Flying without 'all the bad bits'
Curtin University aviation expert Michael Baird, himself an aviation enthusiast, said he was a big fan of the idea.
"I'd like to do one of these flights just because I enjoy the experience of being in a plane and the 787 is a great aircraft," he said.
Dr Baird said Qantas had "essentially taken out all the bad bits of flying" like checking in and going through customs.
It meant people who liked the experience of flying could "just enjoy getting up in the air".
"It's been six months minimum since most people have been able to get on a passenger jet," he said.
'Flights to nowhere'
Qantas's sightseeing flight is part of a growing trend among airlines in the Asia Pacific region of "flights to nowhere" that take off and land at the same airport.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said there had been a 97.5 per cent fall in international travel in the region, which has led a number of airlines to look for ways to get people up in the air without taking them anywhere.
Taiwan's EVA Airways last month used one of its iconic "Hello Kitty" planes for a special two-hour-and-45-minute Father's Day flight (code BR5288 which sounds like "I love you dad" in Mandarin) that took off and landed at Taipei's Taoyuan Airport.
Meanwhile, Japan's ANA used an Airbus SE A380 that usually flies to Honolulu for a 90-minute flight with a Hawaiian experience on board.
The flights in Asia have proven just as popular as the one being offered by Qantas.
Tickets costing around $228 for a Tigerair Taiwan flight from Taipei that will circle over South Korea's Jeju Island reportedly sold out in four minutes.
The price included a one-year voucher for round-trip tickets from Taiwan to Korea, which can be used after COVID-19 travel bans are lifted.
Chen Shu Tze, an engineer from Taipei who bought tickets on the flight, said the voucher made it a good deal and she missed being able to travel — especially to South Korea.
"The pandemic has a devasting impact on the tourism and airline industry, so I want to help boost the economy, and I miss flying," she told Reuters.
Carbon emissions criticisms
Not everyone is a fan of these "flights to nowhere" though.
Reports in Singapore's Straits Times on Sunday that Singapore Airlines was considering putting on scenic flights from next month prompted fierce criticism.
Singapore Airlines said it was considering several initiatives but no final decision had been made on whether to offer sightseeing flights.
Qantas said it would pay to offset the carbon emissions on its scenic flight from Sydney, though some noted that would not actually reduce emissions.
A taste of flying while still on the ground
Meanwhile, some other services for frequent flyers craving a hit don't even involve planes leaving the ground.
In July, Taiwan's Songshan Airport had finished a big upgrade after the pandemic hit and wanted to show off the results.
Sixty "passengers" got boarding passes, and were taken through security and immigration before boarding an Airbus A330 of Taiwan’s largest carrier, China Airlines, where flight attendants chatted to them.
Then they they got off the plane and were given a meal in the airport's food court.
On the topic of airline food, Thai Airways this month opened a pop-up restaurant at their headquarters in Bangkok, offering in-flight meals served to would-be travellers in airline seats.
Back here in Australia, airline caterers Gate Gourmet earlier this year started selling frozen meals and snack packs direct to the public from Brisbane Airport and Mascot in Sydney.
On the menu are dishes like "Grilled chicken chipolatas with creamy mash peas and onion gravy" and "Hokkien vegetable noodles with soy chilli and garlic" that just need to be heated in a microwave before serving.
In Japan, First Airlines — which offers travel experiences using virtual reality technology — is not a new service but it's experiencing a surge in demand.
Grounded travellers sit in first or business class seats in a mock airline cabin where they are served in-flight meals and drinks, with flat panel screens displaying aircraft exterior views including passing clouds. They even get a pre-flight safety demonstration with a life vest and oxygen mask.
Once they "arrive", virtual reality goggles provide immersive tours at destinations including Paris, New York, Rome and Hawaii.
Faking it for the 'gram
People have been expressing their frustration in not being able to take holidays in other ways too.
Earlier this year, TikTok users started posting videos of themselves pretending to be on planes or going through the familiar airport rituals, often using the #travelathome hastag.
Meanwhile, many of those yearning for simpler times when borders were less of a barrier took to recreating some of their favourite travel snaps for Instagram and Facebook for the #quarantinetravelerchallenge.
no lah... not non stop lah... beginning to end tantric sex rushed in 3 hours no?sustaining an erection over 3 hours isn’t exactly comfortable, 3 hours still manageable
It starts with creating the right environment right? Getting on and off the plane are serious anti-tantric moments. Take off also not exactly conducive. By the time plane cruising can start, maybe you have 1-2 hours before descent starting. Probably got meal service in between too!
how is that a bad thing??If you destroy female Thai farmer's crops, she won't allow you to leave.
how is that a bad thing??
You will be planting seeds day and night, non-stop.
no lah... not non stop lah... beginning to end tantric sex rushed in 3 hours no?
It starts with creating the right environment right? Getting on and off the plane are serious anti-tantric moments. Take off also not exactly conducive. By the time plane cruising can start, maybe you have 1-2 hours before descent starting. Probably got meal service in between too!
Very good planning!
wah!! if you can pull it off on that 3 hour flight to nowhere, truly you have mastered it....
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