If the aircraft above looks familiar to you, then it’s because looks like the well-known Douglas DC-3. However, rather than being the DC-3 itself, it’s the license-built Soviet version of the DC-3, Lisunov Li-2. Back in October 2018, I had a chance to fly on a short sightseeing flight over Budapest onboard the last remaining […]
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Besides the lounges at its bases in Australia (such as the Sydney lounge), Qantas also operates a network of lounges at its outstations. One of those is The Qantas London Lounge at Heathrow airport’s terminal 3 which was opened in November 2017. I had a chance to visit the lounge prior to my British Airways
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During my last month’s layover in Seoul, I was originally planning to stay at Hotel SKY Incheon which was recommended to me by a friend. However, when I arrived at the hotel, I was shocked to find a “closed for renovation” sign on the door. Luckily, there were several other hotels in the area, and
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In early 2017, Korean Air received its first Boeing 787-9. Currently, the airline operates eight of the type, and besides using the aircraft on long-haul routes from Seoul to Vancouver and Istanbul among others, it also uses them on some shorter, regional routes. One of those is a short hop between Seoul and Fukuoka in
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Given the proximity of Japan and Korea, and the number of Korean Air flights between the two countries, it’s no surprise that Korean Air’s KAL Lounges are the most ubiquitous lounges in international terminals of Japanese airports. Back in October, while making my way to Europe, I had a chance to spend some time in
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In October, I took a two-week trip to Europe – mostly Slovakia – to attend wedding of my high school friends. Even though getting some new review material for this website was nowhere near the top of the agenda for this trip, I still managed to try a fair amount of new airlines (and even
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Having traveled to Sapporo quite a few times in the past – especially for plane spotting – I had the chance to stay at several hotels around Sapporo New Chitose airport including the ANA Crowne Plaza. In September, I visited Sapporo for a couple of days with my girlfriend and I had a chance to
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When thinking about plane spotting in Japan, it’s easy to focus on the two Tokyo airports. However, the country offers other regional airports that offer a nice mix of traffic that cannot be seen in Tokyo and of nice photo points. One of such airports is Naha (Okinawa) which is the seventh busiest airport in
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Besides the domestic lounges operated by ANA and JAL – the two largest airlines in Japan – there are also third-party “credit card” lounges at airports all over Japan. One such lounge is Lounge Hana (stylized “~hana~”) which can be found at Naha airport in Okinawa. I visited it briefly after arriving in Naha from
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