1. UK Debian travel to Debconf 5 in Helsinki, Finland, 2005
Debconf site is at http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/ for more details.
Core conference dates are Sunday 10th July to Sunday 17th July, unless Andreas has made the same fence-post mistake as last year.
1.1. People
Add your name below if you're interested in travelling in a group.
Also fill in the dates you'd prefer to travel.
Name |
Nick |
DD? |
Location |
Preferred Dates and flights |
Sledge |
Yes |
Cambridge |
8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165 |
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JD |
hahaha |
Brighton |
8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165 |
|
jcm |
No |
Reading |
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Womble2 |
No |
Cambridge |
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nattie |
Like, no |
Cambridge |
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robtaylor |
Nope |
Cambridge |
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broonie |
Yes |
Edinburgh |
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Noodles |
Yes |
Norwich |
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fil |
Yes |
N.E. London |
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kyllikki |
yup |
Leeds |
Sledge: I'll add links to flight information etc. as I cba.
Womble2: Here are the prices I found (updated 2005-03-07):
Airport |
Additional travel |
Airline |
Departure airport |
Fare including additional travel |
Fare reduction for other dates |
Helsinki |
local bus |
Finnair/BA |
Heathrow |
£161 + a little = ~£165 |
£10 less if returning on morning of 17th |
Tallinn |
ferry, 3 hours |
Easyjet |
Stansted |
£121 + EUR40 = ~£145 |
£45 less if returning on 16th or 19th |
Tampere |
bus, 2.5 hours |
Ryanair |
Stansted |
£184 + EUR50 = ~£219 |
£40 less if going on 11th, £20 less if returning on 19th |
Stockholm |
ferry, 16-17 hours |
Ryanair |
Luton or Stansted |
£73 + EUR74 = ~£124 (no cabin, group rate) |
no |
I'm inclined to take the quick and simple route, though going via Tallinn and spending an extra day there is looking somewhat tempting now.
moray: I'm planning to go, but will be travelling from Edinburgh - though it looks like flying via London may be sensible. broonie: Me too.
Womble2: KLM will fly you from Edinburgh to Helsinki via Schiphol for about £200.
Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD
mhy: I'll be going; travelling from Newcastle as usual. I'll have to check how much cheaper flying via London is.
jcm: Looking like Helsinki but I won't book this until nearer the time. Are we actually going to organise a group out of Heathrow?
1.2. Flights
Sledge: for people in the SE of England, I think Heathrow direct is probably best. At the moment, [http://www.expedia.co.uk Expedia] lists the following BA flights that might be of interest. Looks like BA and Finnair are code-sharing, and BA are mostly cheaper for any given flight combo, so I'm only listing the BA flight numbers. All times are LOCAL, i.e. BST and BST + 2.
I'm ignoring flights via Prague that save GBP 3 but add over 2 hours on the journey time. Costs for these flights seem to be ~GBP 165 for a cheap flight (evening flight from Heathrow, morning back from HEL), or ~GBP 190 for other options.
Noodles: I'm tempted to go for a flight from Norwich - it's via Amsterdam and costs £40 more, but saves me travelling all the way to Heathrow. There's a 16:30->22:30 on Fri 8th and a 06:40->09:30 on Monday 18th. And it's 10 minutes or so to the airport from home. 
It's close enough in timings to the BA798 that I could still meet people at Helsinki airport for onward travel though.
1.2.1. Flights out
Flight no |
Depart LHR |
Arrive HEL |
Friday 8th |
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BA 794 |
12:20 |
17:15 |
BA 6080 |
16:10 |
21:05 |
BA 798 |
18:00 |
22:55 |
Saturday 9th |
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BA 6036 |
07:30 |
12:25 |
BA 794 |
12:20 |
17:15 |
BA 798 |
18:00 |
22:55 |
Sunday 10th |
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BA 6032 |
10:20 |
15:15 |
BA 6080 |
16:10 |
21:05 |
1.2.2. Flights back
Flight no |
Depart HEL |
Arrive LHR |
Sunday 17th |
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BA 795 |
07:40 |
09:00 |
BA 6037 |
11:25 |
12:35 |
BA 799 |
18:15 |
19:25 |
BA 6035 |
19:30 |
20:40 |
Monday 18th |
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BA 795 |
07:40 |
09:00 |
BA 799 |
18:15 |
19:25 |
BA 6035 |
19:30 |
20:40 |
Tuseday 19th |
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BA 795 |
07:40 |
09:00 |
BA 799 |
18:15 |
19:25 |