Mark Morris

Is ANA Safe?

Is ANA Safe? (Yes, It Is.)

ANA was established in 1952 and primarily operates from Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita, as well as other major Japanese airports like Osaka Itami and Fukuoka. ANA is consistently rated as a safe airline to fly with. The airline is IATA IOSA certified and its safety regulator is one of the world’s leading civil aviation …

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Is Japan Airlines Safe? (Yes, It Is.)

JAL was established in 1951 and became the national airline of Japan in 1953. It joined the oneworld alliance in 2007 and operates primarily from Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. JAL is consistently rated as a safe airline to fly with. The airline is IATA IOSA certified and its safety regulator is one of the world’s …

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Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A320: How Do They Compare?

Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A320: How Do They Compare?

The 767 and A320 are both twin-engine aircraft, but that is perhaps where the similarities end. The 767 is a significantly larger and heavier aircraft than the A320. Having entered into service in 1982 compared to A320’s 1988, it is also the older of the two. In this article, I’ll compare these two aircraft from …

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Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A380: How Do They Compare?

Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A380: How Do They Compare?

The 767 and A380 widebodies are very different aircraft physically, primarily due to the upper passenger deck on the A380, making the A380 a much bigger and heavier aircraft than the 767. The one thing they have in common, though, is that neither the A380 nor the passenger variants of the 767 are in production …

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Boeing 767 vs. 737: How Do They Compare?

Boeing 767 vs. 737: How Do They Compare?

Beyond the fact that they are both twin-engine Boeing aircraft, the 767 and 737 are two very different aircraft types. The 767 first went into service in 1982, and the passenger variants of the 767 are no longer in production with the numbers in commercial airline fleets now dwindling rapidly. However, the 767 freighter and …

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Boeing 767 vs. 747: How Do They Compare?

Boeing 767 vs. 747: How Do They Compare?

The 747 first went into service in 1970, and the 767 followed just over a decade later in. The 747 production run has now ended and the passenger variants of the 767 are also no longer in production with the numbers in commercial airline fleets now dwindling rapidly. However, the 767 freighter and tanker are …

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How High Do Airplanes Fly?

How High Do Airplanes Fly? (737, 747, A380 & Other Types)

Did you ever watch a huge airplane such as an A380 and wonder how this huge machine weighing almost 600 tons can get off the ground and fly? And once you stopped trying to work that out, did you then begin to wonder how high an airplane will fly after it has taken off and …

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Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A350

Boeing 767 vs. Airbus A350: How Do They Compare?

The Boeing 767 and Airbus A350 are both twin-engine, twin-aisle widebodies. The 767 first went into service in 1982, and the A350 followed decades later in 2015. While the passenger variants of the 767 are no longer in production and the numbers in commercial airline fleets are dwindling, the 767 freighter and tanker are still …

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Review: Starlux A321neo Economy Class from Taipei to Naha (and Back)

In June 2023, I took a trip from Taipei to Japan. This time I flew to Naha on the delightful Japanese island of Okinawa. With a scheduled duration of around one and a half hours, I flew on what is currently Starlux’s shortest flight. The airline operated its first flight in January 2020 and since …

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