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Hooray! Austrian Airlines Plans to Resume Flights from Vienna to Tokyo from May 2018

Hooray! Austrian Airlines Plans to Resume Flights from Vienna to Tokyo in May 2018

Normally, I don’t post about new routes here – but Austrian Airlines restarting its Tokyo route is an exception as it’s a special flight to me. Why Is This Route Special to Me? Given that I grew up in Slovakia and used to visit my grandparents in Japan more or less every summer, flying between […]

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Good News: The "Qatari Crisis" Won't, in Most Cases, Affect Your Travel with Qatar Airways

(How) Will the “Qatari Crisis” Affect Your Upcoming Travel Through the Country?

As you have most likely heard already, several countries – including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt – have cut their diplomatic ties with Qatar. I won’t go into the details of the political situation here, but rather just jump into it’s effect on travellers – especially those booked on Qatar Airways. Below, you

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Create a Marriott Rewards Account and Get 1,000 Airline Miles for FREE

Get 1,000 Airline Miles for Free by Signing-Up for Marriott Rewards

UPDATE (June 19, 2017): The offer is now expired and the free miles are no longer offered. If you are not yet a Marriott Rewards member and collect miles in one of the below seven programs, keep reading. Applicable Mileage Programs Aeromexico ClubPremier Air Canada Aeroplan Avianca-TACA LifeMiles British Airways Executive Club Etihad Guest Lufthansa

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Japan Air Self Defense Force 747-400

Japan Air Force One to Visit Four European Airports Between March 19th and 21st

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Boeing 747 will visit Hannover, Paris, Brussels, and Rome between March 19th and March 21st, 2017, as part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Europe tour. The aircraft is expected to depart Tokyo Haneda airport on March 19th. It will arrive in Hannover later that day where the Prime Minister will

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Skymark Airlines to Decorate One of Its 737-800 with Fukuoka Softbank Hawks Markings

Skymark to Decorate One of Its 737s with Fukuoka Hawks Markings

Following the New Jinbei Jet by JTA, there’s been another special livery announcement in Japan, this time from Skymark Airlines. On March 10, 2017, Skymark Airlines announced that it would become one of the official sponsors of Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, a Japanese professional baseball team. Following that, yesterday – on March 15, 2017 – it

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Japan Transocean Air (JTA) to Paint 737-800s in the Jinbei Livery

Japan Transocean Air to Paint Two 737-800s in the Jinbei Livery

Yesterday I wrote about ANA finally revealing the special livery for its upcoming A380. Today, there is another good news related to Japanese special liveries, this time from Japan Transocean Air (JTA). The airline announced that it would paint two 737-800s in the Jinbei livery! JTA first introduced the Jinbei livery featuring a whale shark

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Flying Honu: The Long Awaited ANA A380 Special Livery

Flying Honu: The Long Awaited ANA A380 Special Livery Has Been Revealed

When Skymark announced that it was ordering Airbus A380s, there were many people predicting the delivery would never happen. And more or less, they were right. Skymark was unable to take delivery of the aircraft due to financial difficulties. However, in order to protect Skymark from one of its largest creditors – Airbus – ANA

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Vote for Your Favorite ANA x Tokyo 2020 Special Olympic Livery

You Can Now Vote for Your Favorite ANA Tokyo 2020 Livery

While airlines around the world fly aircraft in special liveries, few of them are known for it as much as ANA. Without a doubt, the two Pokemon Jumbo jets that they operated between 2004 and 2013 are one of the most widely known special liveries. [one_half padding=”010px 10px 10px 10px”] Pikachu Jumbo. [/one_half] [one_half_last padding=”010px 10px

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