There are three Japan Airlines business class lounges – JAL Sakura Lounges – at Haneda airport. Two of them are in Terminal 1, the terminal used for JAL’s domestic flights, and one can be found in the international terminal. While I reviewed one of the domestic lounges as well as the international lounge at Narita […]
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With the trip report about my trip to Canada in May 2018 finished, it’s time to move on to the next one to clear the backlog before I head to Europe next month. Back in June, I visited New Zealand for several days to fly on SOFIA – NASA’s Boeing 747SP equipped with a telescope.
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Having traveled with thirty or so cordless drills and tens of other tools recently, I decided to look a bit closer into what the rules are when it comes to flying with power tools, hand tools, bolts, nuts, and other hardware. If you are looking for a quick answer, here you go: in vast majority
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Every year, NASA’s airborne observatory SOFIA takes off about a hundred times to help scientists gather data to better understand our solar system and the rest of the universe. Each of those flights, however, starts way before the heavily modified Boeing 747SP gets in the air. Each of them involves getting a large amount of
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Flight Information Date: May 21, 2018 Flight No.: MF839 Route: Xiamen Gaoqi to Osaka Kansai Airline: Xiamen Air Type:Â Boeing 737-800 Registration: B-5635 Besides an extensive domestic network and a growing network of long-haul flights, Xiamen Air also has decently sized operations connecting China with the rest of Asia. Those routes are mostly operated by its
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As mentioned when I wrote about my Xiamen Air flight from Vancouver to Xiamen, the airline considerably expanded its long-haul network over the last couple of years. To cope with the growing number of passengers, Xiamen Air opened a new lounge for its business and first class passengers as well as Sky Team status holders
Review: Xiamen Air First and Business Class Lounge at Xiamen Gaoqi Read More »
While not long ago, it was possible to smoke on a plane and thus use lighters on an aircraft freely, those days are (thankfully) long gone. As such, you obviously aren’t going to light up a cigarette mid-flight. However, you might want to have a source of fire – whether a lighter or matches –
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Flight Information Date: May 20, 2018 Flight No.: MF806 Route: Vancouver International to Xiamen Gaoqi Airline: Xiamen Air Type:Â Boeing 787-8 Registration: B-2763 While Xiamen Air has been around for more than 30 years, it wasn’t until about three years ago that the airline launched its first intercontinental service connecting its Xiamen base with Amsterdam in
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If asked what airlines you can book between, let’s say New York in the United States and Vancouver in Canada, one would likely mention one or more of the major US airlines like United as well as the Canadian flag carrier, Air Canada. Did you know, though, that you can also fly between the two
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Are you interested in trying business or first class for FREE at a deep discount?
If so, you might want to check out Four Ways to Try Business & First Class Without Breaking the Bank and experiment with some of the methods mentioned in it.
It’s a free guide that I put together detailing some of the ways I was able to do so myself.
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