Economy Class

After a day in Johannesburg during which my dad and I did a tour of Soweto and visited the aviation museum at Rand Airport, and a night at the City Lodge hotel connected to the airport, it was time for us to take a quick Airlink flight to Mpumalanga Airport near Kruger and start the […]

The fifth flight of my trip to South Africa saw me fly from London Heathrow to Stuttgart on a Eurowings flight operated by an Avion Express Malta A320. Continue reading this review to see what the flight was like. Check-in, Lounge & Boarding at London Heathrow Airport With the weather being cloudy, I decided to

The second Air China flight I took as part of my trip to Africa in June 2024 was from Beijing Capital to London. Rather than flying to Heathrow, I took the airline’s third ever flight to Gatwick. Continue reading this review to see what the economy class flight was like. While Air China has switched

To get from Asia to Europe, where the main part of my trip to Africa was starting, I booked a cheap (about 250 USD) one-way ticket from Jeju to London via Beijing Capital on Air China. The first flight of that ticket was my first flight through mainland China since 2018 when I flew from

Part of the reason I traveled via Seoul and Jeju on my recent trip to Africa was to get another chance to fly on Asiana Airlines’ 767-300, which is the last active non-ER version of the type in service. Not long before departure, however, the type scheduled to operate my flight was changed to Airbus

ANA operates a large fleet of Boeing 767-300ERs on both domestic and international routes. While I flew one within Japan numerous times, I never had a chance to fly one internationally until earlier this month on the first flight of my trip to Africa. Continue reading this review to see what the economy class hop

The last flight of my quick avgeek trip to South Korea took me from Seoul Incheon back to Tokyo Narita onboard a Korean Air Airbus A321neo. Continue reading this review to see what the short-haul economy class flight was like. Check-in, Lounge & Boarding at Seoul Incheon Airport After arriving at Seoul Gimpo from Jeju

When visiting South Korea briefly back in January 2024, I took the opportunity to fly on the world’s last remaining Boeing 767-300 non-ER. With that flight being from Jeju to Seoul, I had to figure out a way to get to Jeju. Luckily, Korean Air offered a conveniently timed flight on its Airbus A220, a

The first flight of my whirlwind trip to South Korea earlier this year was Korean Air’s sole flight between Tokyo Haneda and Seoul Incheon (there are many more Haneda – Gimpo and Narita – Incheon flights). Originally, the flight was scheduled to be operated by a Boeing 737-900. In the end, it was changed to