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Flight Information Date: May 5, 2017 Flight No.: AY754 Route: Budapest F. Liszt to Helsinki Vantaa Airline: Finnair Type: Airbus A321-200 Registration: OH-LZL After spending a week in Slovakia during my “Golden Week 2017” trip, it was time to head back to Japan with some stops along the way. First, I flew from Budapest to Helsinki […]

  Flight Information Date: April 26, 2017 Flight No.: TK53 Route: Tokyo Narita to Istanbul Ataturk Airline: Turkish Airlines Type: Airbus A330-300 Registration: TC-LNC The first flight of my “Golden Week 2017” trip to Europe was Turkish Airlines flight 53 from Tokyo Narita to Istanbul Ataturk. After finishing work on April 26, I headed straight to Narita airport. Upon

(Flown on November 17, 2016) On the sixth day of the tour, some of us visited Imam Reza Shrine in the early morning. Then we all gathered and went to Mashad airport to catch our flight back to Tehran onboard Iran Air’s Fokker 100. Table of Contents Iranian Skies & Cities II: Exploring Iranian History (Tour

(Flown on November 16, 2016) It’s been a while since I posted the previous part of the November 2016 Iranian Skies & Cities tour. Better late than never, though, and so here is another instalment – this time about our flight to Mashad onboard a Mahan Air A300-600. In the previous report, I reviewed the

(Flown on March 7, 2017) This is the final report covering my trip to Miami back in March. This report covers the last flight of the trip, from Detroit to Tokyo with Delta Air Lines. Just like my flight from Tokyo to Detroit, it was operated by a 747-400. Small Hick-up with Seat Selection Before

After visiting Sky Lounge Schengen using my Priority Pass membership, I headed to gate F31 around 4:30PM – 50 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Boarding started at 5:05PM, and two minutes later, rows 18 through 30 were called to board. With my boarding pass for seat 23D in hand, I headed down the jetway,

(Traveled on December 17, 2016) With the entry of Boeing 787s into its fleet, ANA All Nippon Airways opened routes to selected secondary cities in Europe in the last couple of years. This article reviews one of those – flight NH209 from Tokyo Narita to Dusseldorf – that also happened to be my first international

Flight Information Date: November 30, 2016 Route: Seoul Incheon to New York JFK Airline: Asiana Airlines Type: Airbus A380-800 Registration: HL7635 Recently, on a trip to New York, I had a chance to try Asiana Airlines – one of the two main South Korean carriers – for the first time. Below is a report about

(Flown on November 20, 2015) Etihad Airways is the flagship airline of Abu Dhabi and the second largest airline in the United Arab Emirates. It is also one of the three major carriers in the Middle East besides Emirates and Qatar Airways. While I had flown the other two of the “ME3,” I had never