Keishi Nukina, Author at KN Aviation

Jetstar Japan Brings Scheduled Flights to Shimojishima After 25 Years

Blog, News / By Keishi Nukina / March 30, 2019

In October 2017, Mitsubishi Estate started construction of a new terminal at Shimojishima airport in Okinawa. When announcing the construction, they also mentioned their slogan for the terminal-to-be: Your resort starts from the Airport. Having just landed at Shimojishima airport on the first scheduled flight to arrive therein almost 25 years, I can say the […]

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Review: ANA 787-9 Business Class from Tokyo Narita to Singapore

Business Class / By Keishi Nukina / March 28, 2019

One of the aircraft that ANA All Nippon Airways uses on its regional flights within Asia is the Boeing 787. On my recent trip to Singapore, I had a chance to try one of the airline’s 787-9s equipped with the airline’s long-haul business class seats on a “dinner flight” from Tokyo Narita to Singapore Changi

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Trip Preview: A Quick 24-Hour Visit to Singapore

Blog, Trip Previews / By Keishi Nukina / March 26, 2019

Over a year ago, I wrote about a plane spotting trip to Phuket – and how the ticket I used for that trip left me with a Tokyo – Singapore – Tokyo – Sapporo segments to fly later. Because of on reason or another, I rescheduled and pushed back taking those flights a couple of

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Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta: The NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Blog / By Keishi Nukina / March 24, 2019

If you ever watched a war movie or similar, you likely heard of “Zulu time.” Similarly, you might have encountered people using words like “Alpha” and “Bravo” when trying to spell something out. All of those words are code words that NATO assigned to letters in the alphabet and turned into the NATO phonetic alphabet

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10 Business Class Seat Types You Need to Know Before Booking Your Next Flight

Air Travel / By Keishi Nukina / March 20, 2019

While I mostly fly in economy class, I was lucky enough to have been able to take a few business class flights over the last couple of years as well. Not only was I able to try the service offered by several different airlines, but I was also able to experience a variety of different

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Garuda Indonesia Airbus A330-300 Business Class Cabin

Review: Garuda Indonesia A330-300 Business Class from Denpasar to Osaka

Business Class / By Keishi Nukina / March 18, 2019

While currently, Boeing 777-300ER is the flagship aircraft type in Garuda Indonesia’s fleet, the airline uses the smaller Airbus A330 on many of its medium- and long-haul routes as well. When making my way from Europe to Japan back in January, I had a chance to try its business class onboard the larger Airbus A330-300

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Review: Premier Lounge at Denpasar Bali Airport

Airport Lounges / By Keishi Nukina / March 16, 2019

Before catching my Garuda Indonesia flight from Bali to Osaka, I had a chance to visit all three lounges that are available in the international terminal of Denpasar Bali airport. I published reviews of the first two – Garuda Indonesia Business Class Lounge and T/G Lounge – earlier this week. Below is a review of

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Review: T/G Lounge at Denpasar Bali Airport

Airport Lounges / By Keishi Nukina / March 14, 2019

Besides the Garuda Indonesia Lounge which I reviewed earlier, there are two other lounges in the international terminal of Denpasar Bali airport – Premier Lounge and T/G Lounge. Both of those are contract lounges (not directly operated by an airline), and both of them can be accessed with Priority Pass. I paid a brief visit

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Review: Garuda Indonesia Business Class Lounge at Denpasar Bali Airport

Airport Lounges / By Keishi Nukina / March 12, 2019

While the vast majority of Garuda Indonesia flights departs from or arrives at Jakarta airport, there are quite a few flights that use Denpasar airport in Bali as well. As such, it’s no surprise that the airline operates a lounge with both first and business class sections in the airport’s international terminal. Prior to catching

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