Review: Lufthansa Senator Lounge at New York JFK Airport
After spending a few hours walking around New York and then briefly visiting the TWA Hotel at JFK airport that I stayed at a couple of years ago, I made my way to terminal 1 where my Austrian Airlines flight to Vienna was departing from. The check-in was smooth, and while it took some time
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Review: Lufthansa Senator Lounge at New York JFK Airport
After spending a few hours walking around New York and then briefly visiting the TWA Hotel at JFK airport that I stayed at a couple of years ago, I made my way to terminal 1 where my Austrian Airlines flight to Vienna was departing from. The check-in was smooth, and while it took some time
Where Are Airbus Aircraft Made?
The manufacture of an Airbus aircraft involves millions of individual parts which are sourced from across the globe. Airbus operates a multitude of manufacturing plants around the world and twelve final assembly lines across five global locations. Unlike Boeing which carries out final assembly only in the USA, Airbus has multiple final assembly plants outside
Is Malaysia Airlines Safe? (Yes, It Is.)
Malaysia Airlines is infamous for two very tragic events in 2014 – one remains a complete mystery with the cause still unknown and the other was an act of international aggression against the Malaysia Airlines aircraft. Whilst we can’t ignore these two tragedies, they do need to be put into context as two unrelated and
Is Air France Safe? (Yes, It Is.)
It’s true that in the past Air France has had a somewhat checkered reputation when it comes to safety. During the late 1980s, it suffered a couple of fatal air crashes. Those were followed in 2000 by the Concorde disaster at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport which signaled the demise of the supersonic jet’s services.
Review: JAL 777-300ER First Class from Tokyo Haneda to New York JFK
With limited award availability between Japan and Europe, I decided to start my most recent trip with a flight to New York. Considering that I had some Alaska Airlines miles to burn, wanted to try JAL’s international first class for a long time, and there was award availability on the day I wanted to travel,
Boeing 737 vs. 757: How Do They Compare?
Both the 737 and 757 are popular Boeing narrowbody twinjets. That said, the 737 far outstrips the 757 in terms of sales and longevity. The 737 was introduced some 16 years before the 757 first appeared and continues to be produced some 17 years after the last 757 rolled off Boeing’s production line. In this
Review: JAL First Class Lounge at Tokyo Haneda Airport
As part of my most recent trip to Europe, I flew in JAL’s first class from Tokyo to New York. While I visited JAL’s first class lounge at Narita airport before, this trip gave me a chance to pay a visit to the one at Haneda airport which is considerably nicer. Continue reading the article
Who Owns Airports?
Airports are complex parts of a nation’s infrastructure, not just in terms of what goes on there each day, and how many interfacing components there are that make an airport operate successfully, but also in terms of their ownership models. There is no single ‘one size fits all’ ownership model applied to airports around the
Is Qatar Airways Safe? (Yes, It Is.)
Qatar Airways has a very good safety record. In its 28 years of operation, it has never had a fatal crash. Excluding events such as turbulence, there have been a few Qatar Airways accidents, but none of these resulted in injuries. I’ve flown Qatar Airways between the UK and Asia quite a few times, and
Is Emirates Safe? (Yes, It Is.)
Emirates has a relatively good, but not perfect safety record. During its 37 years of operation, it has suffered one crash-landing; and while all 300 people on board survived, a fire-fighter died trying to put out the aircraft fire that erupted following the crash. This accident happened in 2016 and was Emirates’ one and only
