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Trip Preview: From Sapporo in the North to Yakushima and Okinawa in the South

Trip Preview: From Sapporo in the North to Yakushima and Okinawa in the South

After spending a good part of May and June abroad thanks to my trips to Canada and New Zealand, it was time to do some domestic travel in July. While I did two separate trips in the month, I decided to combine the introduction into one article as neither of the trips was particularly long. […]

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Flight Review: Qantas A330-300 Economy Class from Brisbane to Tokyo Narita

Flight Review: Qantas A330-300 Economy Class from Brisbane to Tokyo Narita

Flight Information Date: June 29, 2018 Flight No.: QF61 Route: Brisbane International to Tokyo Narita Airline: Qantas Type: Airbus A330-300 Registration: VH-QPH Besides connecting Tokyo Haneda with Sydney, Qantas also connects Tokyo with Brisbane and Melbourne. These two daily routes are served from Narita airport and are operated by Airbus A330-300 aircraft. While making my way

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Lounge Review: Manaia Lounge at Christchurch International

Review: Manaia Lounge at Christchurch Airport

Christchurch International Airport is equipped with three lounges: two Air New Zealand lounges (domestic and international) and the independent Manaia Lounge in the international terminal. Prior to getting on a flight to Brisbane (which ended up being a bit more “eventful” than I anticipated), I had a chance to visit the Manaia Lounge which I’ll

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Happy 50th Birthday, Queen of the Skies! Celebrating with My Favorite 747 Photos

Happy 50th Birthday, Queen of the Skies! Celebrating with My Favorite 747 Photos

Boeing 747 rolled out for the first time on September 30, 1968. Since then, its unmistakeable shape has turned it into one of the most recognized aircraft types and the favorite aircraft type of many aviation enthusiasts. With the above in mind, yesterday, September 30, 2018, (in the US, still today) marked a very special

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Flight Review: Qantas 737-800 Economy Class from Sydney to Christchurch

Flight Review: Qantas 737-800 Economy Class from Sydney to Christchurch

Flight Information Date: June 24, 2018 Flight No.: QF129 Route: Sydney Kingsford Smith to Christchurch International Airline: Qantas Type: Boeing 737-800 Registration: VH-XZG With more than 70 of the type, the Boeing 737-800 makes up more than half of the Qantas fleet and its the sole narrow body aircraft operated by the airline. As such, it’s

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Battle of Euro-LCCs: Ryanair vs. easyJet vs. Norwegian vs. Wizz Air

Battle of Euro-LCCs: Ryanair vs. easyJet vs. Norwegian vs. Wizz Air

If you’ve traveled around Europe, then you will be familiar with the continent’s largest low-cost airlines: Ryanair, easyJet, Norwegian, and Wizz Air. You’ve either flown them, or they at least showed up in search results when you were looking for various flights (mostly) within Europe. In this article, I’ll take a closer look at each

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Lounge Review: Qantas Business Class Lounge at Sydney Kingsford Smith

Review: Qantas Business Class Lounge at Sydney Kingsford Smith

Qantas runs two business class lounges at its main base, Sydney airport. One of them can be found in terminal 3 and is accessible to domestic passengers, and the other one – for international passengers – is located in terminal 1. Between my flights from Tokyo and to Christchurch, I had a chance to –

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Flight Review: Qantas 747-400 Economy Class from Tokyo Haneda to Sydney

Flight Review: Qantas 747-400 Economy Class from Tokyo Haneda to Sydney

Flight Information Date: June 23, 2018 Flight No.: QF26 Route: Tokyo Haneda to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airline: Qantas Type: Boeing 747-400 Registration: VH-OJU Qantas, the flag carrier of Australia and the third oldest airline in the world, operates a fleet of ten Boeing 747-400 (including 747-400ERs of which it is the sole operator) aircraft on some

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