Cheap way to get to Tehran

09-09-2005, 03:44 PM

What's the cheapest way to get to Tehran from London (UK) or Toronto,
without spending 2 days on a bus from Istanbul?

Are there any (relatively) cheap flights from Malaysia or China ?

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

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09-09-2005, 04:54 PM

"What's the cheapest way to get to Tehran from London (UK) or Toronto,
without spending 2 days on a bus from Istanbul?"

Azerbaijan Airlines from London, stopping in Baku.

"Are there any (relatively) cheap flights from Malaysia or China?"

I doubt it.

09-09-2005, 04:58 PM

Bicycle, my man, gotta be... and bring plenty of condoms

09-09-2005, 05:42 PM

On 9 Sep 2005 09:54:50 -0700, the renowned wrote:

    >"What's the cheapest way to get to Tehran from London (UK) or Toronto,
    >without spending 2 days on a bus from Istanbul?"
    >Azerbaijan Airlines from London, stopping in Baku.

Thanks, that one is the best I've found. Boeing 757. Baku apparently
enjoys (sic) the status of MOST ecologically devastated area in the
world. It would thus probably be of (clinical) interest to my wife.

    >"Are there any (relatively) cheap flights from Malaysia or China?"
    >I doubt it.

Malaysian used to fly from JFK to KL via Dubai, which is just across
the strait of Hormuz from Iran, but they seem to have dropped that
route after 9/11.

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Spehro Pefhany

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09-09-2005, 05:43 PM

On 9 Sep 2005 09:58:34 -0700, the renowned "greg"
<> wrote:

>Bicycle, my man, gotta be... and bring plenty of condoms

Why the condoms?

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09-09-2005, 06:19 PM

    > Baku apparently enjoys (sic) the status of MOST ecologically devastated area in
    > the world. It would thus probably be of (clinical) interest to my wife.

I wouldn't doubt it, knowing the environmental horrors that the Soviets
inflicted on Central Asia.

    >>> "Are there any (relatively) cheap flights from Malaysia or China?"
    >> I doubt it.
    > Malaysian used to fly from JFK to KL via Dubai, which is just across the strait of
    > Hormuz from Iran, but they seem to have dropped that route after 9/11.

Have you looked at Emirates from Malaysia/China to Teheran through
Dubai?

09-09-2005, 09:53 PM

<> wrote in message
news:...
    > "What's the cheapest way to get to Tehran from London (UK) or Toronto,
    > without spending 2 days on a bus from Istanbul?"
    > Azerbaijan Airlines from London, stopping in Baku.
    > "Are there any (relatively) cheap flights from Malaysia or China?"

NOT a CHEAP OPTION, IMHO.

Gerry

09-09-2005, 10:20 PM

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:42:45 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<> wrote:

[snip]
    >Malaysian used to fly from JFK to KL via Dubai, which is just across
    >the strait of Hormuz from Iran, but they seem to have dropped that
    >route after 9/11.

Maybe so, but I flew Malaysian Airlines from _Newark Airport_ to Dubai
and Dubai to KLIA in July-August of 2003. We even overflew Iran on the
way to Dubai. It was a starkly beautiful country from the air, and we
flew over Isfahan, which was gorgeous. I want to go to Iran some fine
day, but not now.

Michael

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09-09-2005, 10:57 PM

On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 22:20:08 GMT, the renowned Pan
<> wrote:

    >On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:42:45 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
    ><> wrote:
    >[snip]
    >>Malaysian used to fly from JFK to KL via Dubai, which is just across
    >>the strait of Hormuz from Iran, but they seem to have dropped that
    >>route after 9/11.
    >Maybe so, but I flew Malaysian Airlines from _Newark Airport_ to Dubai
    >and Dubai to KLIA in July-August of 2003. We even overflew Iran on the
    >way to Dubai. It was a starkly beautiful country from the air, and we
    >flew over Isfahan, which was gorgeous. I want to go to Iran some fine
    >day, but not now.
    >Michael

Argh. You're absolutely right, it was Newark (EWR), and not JFK.
Iranian airspace apparently was an issue because they sometimes
delayed permission and made the flights late.

I don't see Dubai (or anywhere else in the ME) on their list of
destinations now, though.

Whether any place is a good place to visit depends on what you think
could happen. There are a couple of countries that they border which
are now probably off limits for the forseeable future for all but the
most adventurous (or stupid) visitors.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

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09-09-2005, 11:24 PM

"Whether any place is a good place to visit depends on what you think
could happen. There are a couple of countries that they border which
are now probably off limits for the forseeable future for all but the
most adventurous (or stupid) visitors."

It's hard to believe now, but at one time there was a popular overland
route from Istanbul to Kathmandu through Turkey (passing through the
Kurdish region), Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (passing through
Kashmir), and Nepal.