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Iceland-Bound Jet for Edward Snowden 'Could Take Off Tomorrow'
- crazygringo 13y agoI'm assuming that the chartered yet ($240,000, yikes!) is necessary because there are no direct flights between Hong Kong and Iceland? I mean, he still has to pass through Hong Kong passport control and everything on the way out, if he's doing this "legally" -- if they're publicly announcing something like this, then I assume the plan is not to smuggle him out.
- johansch 13y agoYeah, there are no direct flights. I guess the high cost comes from requiring a rather large corporate jet with the needed range of 6000+ miles: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=HKG-KEF http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=HKG-KEF http://www.avchart.com/users/quotes/passenger-request.asp?chtype=One+Way&passengers=15&leg1from=VHHH&l1frcity=Hong+Kong%2C+Intl%2C+Hong+Kong&leg1to=BIKF&l1tocity=Keflavik%2C+Iceland&leg2from=&deparr1=Depart&hour1=12%3A00+AM&date1=06%2F30%2F2013 http://www.avchart.com/users/quotes/passenger-request.asp?ch...