by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 29, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The first few matches in Round 1 have completed and there were no surprises as the #1 seeded Airports handily beat each of their #16 seeded opponents:
Seoul (ICN) 25 – Lisbon Intl (LIS) 5
Hong Kong (HKG) 28 – Doha (DOH) 3
Singapore (SIN) 31 – Delhi Int’l (DEL) 6
Amsterdam (AMS) 31 – Haikou Meilan Int’l (HAK) 4
HERE ARE THE NEXT MATCHES FOR ROUND 1:
The #2 Seeds versus the #15 Seeds: Is there an upset in any of these matches??
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If any match ends in a tie, a random number generator will be use to determine the winner.
UPDATED BRACKET: AIRPORT WORLD CUP – UPDATE ONE
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 27, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Welcome to the 2012 AIRPORT WORLD CUP. Over the coming days and weeks you’ll be able to cast your votes for several matches that will pit airport against airport until we narrow it down to the overall 2012 AIRPORT WORLD CUP CHAMPION. The field consists of 64 airports ranked by passenger popularity based on the Skytrax Airport Awards. For the first round, there are 32 matches so I will list 4 matches per day in order to complete the 1st round within about a week’s time. Each match will last for 36 hours from time of posting.
Again, a special thanks to MilesQuest for letting me adapt his Airline World Cup Competition concept that saw Cathay Pacific crowned as Champion.
Here is the 2012 AIRPORT WORLD CUP MASTER BRACKET for your reference.
So with out further ado, here is the first set of matches:
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Should any match result in a tie, a random number generator will be used to decide the winner.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In one of the more stranger reasons I’ve ever hear for not letting passengers disembark an aircraft after a flight, a Delta flight tonight had its passengers quarantined due to the threat of Monkeypox.
Flight 3163, a short hop between Detroit and Chicago Midway was quarantined upon arrival at midway until officials from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) were able to inspect the airplane and passengers and clear it. When the aircraft arrived at Midway, it was met with officers in Hazmat Suits who boarded the plane to examine the “suspect”. Apparently a passenger had complained about having a rash after a recent trip to Africa. A family member had thought that the rash could be Monkeypox (I’ve never heard of that either!). The officers examined the passenger in question and had forwarded pictures of the rash to the CDC for review before letting passengers leave.
According to the CDC, Monkeypox has similar characteristics to smallpox, but just not as severe. After reviewing the symptoms and pictures of the rash, they deemed the passenger and aircraft safe and allowed passengers to leave.
How would you like to have been a passenger on board? You take a fairly benign 30 minute “hop” on a regional aircraft, only to be met with emergency personnel who storm your plane dressed in Hazmat Suits with the suspicion of an infectious disease being on board….yikes!
