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Trip Preview: Visiting Palmdale to Fly on NASA's DC-8

Trip Preview: Visiting Palmdale to Fly on NASA’s DC-8

Last year, I was fortunate enough to fly on NASA’s airborne observatory – SOFIA – in Christchurch, New Zealand. Last month, I had a chance to experience another one of the agency’s research aircraft – Douglas DC-8. I won’t talk much about that in this article, though. Instead, I’ll give you a brief overview of […]

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Singapore Airlines Airbus A380-800 Old Business Class Cabin

Review: Singapore Airlines A380 Old Business Class from Singapore to Mumbai

Singapore Airlines – the launch customer of the Airbus A380 – operates the aircraft with two different types of business class seats. The older seat was introduced with the entry of the A380 into the airline’s fleet in 2007 while the newer one followed a decade later in 2017. Currently, most of the A380s are

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Review: Singapore Airlines 787-10 Business Class from Osaka Kansai to Singapore

Review: Singapore Airlines 787-10 Business Class from Osaka Kansai to Singapore

Back in the spring of 2018, Singapore Airlines received its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft, becoming the world’s first operator of the type. Since then, the airline started deploying the aircraft on a variety of regional routes. I had a chance to try the aircraft on a flight from Osaka to Singapore, not long after the

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International JAL Sakura Lounge Kansai Airport Dining Room

Review: JAL Sakura Lounge (International) at Osaka Kansai Airport

Besides numerous domestic lounges at airports throughout Japan, Japan Airlines also operates a network of international JAL Sakura Lounges both in and out of Japan. The ones in Japan can be found at Tokyo Narita, Tokyo Haneda, Nagoya Centrair, and Osaka Kansai airports. Some months ago, I had a chance to visit the international JAL

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Review: Ambassador Transit Lounge (Terminal 2) at Singapore Changi Airport

Review: Ambassador Transit Lounge (Terminal 2) at Singapore Changi Airport

Harilela Group operates a variety of facilities at Singapore Changi airport including restaurants, hotels, and lounges. All but one of the facilities are in the airport’s transit area. One of those is also the Ambassador Transit Lounge in terminal 2 which I had a chance to visit back in March. Just like the SATS Premier

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Review: SATS Premier Lounge (Terminal 2) at Singapore Changi Airport

Review: SATS Premier Lounge (Terminal 2) at Singapore Changi Airport

When it comes to airports with Priority Pass lounges, there are very few that offer as much choice as Singapore Changi. In fact, there are as many as 11 lounges accessible to Priority Pass members with at least one in each of the airport’s four terminals. Prior to taking an ANA flight to Tokyo, I

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ANA Medium-Haul Business Class Dinner

Review: ANA 787-9 Business Class from Tokyo Narita to Singapore

One of the aircraft that ANA All Nippon Airways uses on its regional flights within Asia is the Boeing 787. On my recent trip to Singapore, I had a chance to try one of the airline’s 787-9s equipped with the airline’s long-haul business class seats on a “dinner flight” from Tokyo Narita to Singapore Changi

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