THERE MUST BE A REASON . . . ?
Yesterday I travelled from Novosibirsk home to Hereford, England. Novosibirsk-Moscow = 4hr 30min; Moscow-London Gatwick = 3hr 30min; Gatwick to Hereford (bus to Oxford, train to Hereford) 6hr 30min . . . . unfortunately I knew very well the UK leg of my travel to/from would be the most complicated, boring, uncomfortable and unpredictable; it always will be if I use public transport. (Some years ago I arrived London: Heathrow 21:00hrs from Tashkent. I could not get home - 200km - same day using public transport. I used taxi (fare was £60 but for me it was well worth the expense).
Novosibirsk, Tolmachaevo airport: 07:00hrs (local time) - snowing, temperature -16C aircraft has ice on wings and top of body, snow is falling and sticking to ice. 09:45 get into aircraft, I cannot see out of window because thin sheet of ice on outside surface. We taxi and take to the air, window soon becomes transparent.
Moscow, Sheremetyevo airport: 10:35hrs (local time) - sunny, -5C, thin snow on ground easily cleared with shovel. No ice or snow visible on aircraft. We go to de-icing station before taking off.
I imagined the cold and more ices an aircraft, the greater the need to de-ice. Maybe not so.
Novosibirsk, Tolmachaevo airport: 07:00hrs (local time) - snowing, temperature -16C aircraft has ice on wings and top of body, snow is falling and sticking to ice. 09:45 get into aircraft, I cannot see out of window because thin sheet of ice on outside surface. We taxi and take to the air, window soon becomes transparent.
Moscow, Sheremetyevo airport: 10:35hrs (local time) - sunny, -5C, thin snow on ground easily cleared with shovel. No ice or snow visible on aircraft. We go to de-icing station before taking off.
I imagined the cold and more ices an aircraft, the greater the need to de-ice. Maybe not so.