During my recent trip to Canada, I had a one-night layover in Calgary. After considering some of the many different hotels that can be found around the airport, I ultimately decided to book one of the few different Holiday Inns around the airport, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Airport-Calgary. Instead of paying the 162 […]
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With a network of about 150 destinations spanning all six inhabited continents, Qatar Airways is often an option for many long-haul itineraries. Combined with often attractive fares compared to competitors, chances are you are inclined to choose the airline for your next trip. Before deciding, though, you are likely wondering what the airline is like
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When thinking of sustainability in aviation and the way to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint, technological improvements – i.e. more efficient engines, more efficient fuselage design, or the use of sustainable aviation fuel instead of regular fuel – are what often comes to one’s mind first. What can easily be forgotten are the emission reductions
While WestJet has been operating long-haul flights from Calgary to Europe for quite some time now, in May 2023, they launched their first Asian destination – Tokyo. I had a chance to fly on the flight from Tokyo to Calgary a week after the launch as part of my trip to Yellowknife. Continue reading to
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Whilst Boeing 787 and Airbus A340 are both long-range widebody aircraft, they are different in two main respects. The 787 is a twinjet and the A340 is a quadjet, and the 787 is a much newer aircraft, first entering service almost two decades after the A340. The newer 787 first went into service in 2011,
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With significant and easily visible modifications to their appearance, some test and research aircraft like Honeywell’s 757 or NASA’s DC-8 are easy to tell apart from regular airliners. Others – like Boeing’s ecoDemonstrators – are more subtle and aside from their liveries look, at first glance, just like regular airliners. Recently, I had a chance
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While ANA’s footprint at Tokyo Narita Airport has shrunk considerably since the airline started moving a good chunk of its international operations to Tokyo Haneda Airport, it still operates a few lounges at the airport including a pair of ANA Lounges. I had a chance to visit one of those – the ANA Lounge in
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My most recent trip was meant to be a simple visit to Europe to try some airline products I haven’t reviewed before and spend some time with my family. Instead, it turned into an (at least in theory) around-the-Northern-Hemisphere adventure with a few days in Yellowknife in the north of Canada. The trip allowed me
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The widebody 777 and narrowbody 737 are both Boeing aircraft but are very different aircraft in terms of size and scale and are targeted at different markets. The 737 has been around in various formats for over five decades and has continued to evolve and improve over this time, and is still in production with
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Are you interested in trying business or first class for FREE at a deep discount?
If so, you might want to check out Four Ways to Try Business & First Class Without Breaking the Bank and experiment with some of the methods mentioned in it.
It’s a free guide that I put together detailing some of the ways I was able to do so myself.
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