Vueling is a Spanish low-cost airline based at Barcelona El Prat Airport, with hubs also at Paris Orly and Rome Fiumicino airports. It is the largest airline in Spain as measured by fleet size. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vueling carried more than 34 million passengers a year (2019). The airline has been part of […]
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Pacific crossings, if flown directly, often offer few straightforward refueling points and minimal options for quick diversions. If planes cannot easily refuel or quickly divert, are such routes safe, or even possible? The use of such routings depends heavily on the aircraft used and on the exact starting point and destination in question, and it
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Swiss is consistently rated as a safe airline to fly with. The airline is IATA IOSA certified and its safety regulator, FOCA, is one of the world’s leading civil aviation safety regulators, meaning that Swiss aircraft and crew licensing standards, and airline safety protocols are among the best monitored and regulated in the world. Fatal
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There’s a fascinating story about airport location codes. Yes, really, it’s interesting and there’s more to it than you might initially think! In this article, I’m going to give some background to how airport codes are designated, and then focus on a particular peculiarity – the presence of the letter ‘X’ in airport codes. Finally,
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Launched in 1967, the Boeing 737 became the most widely operated aircraft in commercial aviation history by 1987. Now spanning more than half a century of production, the 737 has undergone several major updates and includes many variants, several of which are currently in use today – most notably the 787-800 and 787 MAX. Is
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After a decade of operating an all-Airbus A320 fleet, Jetstar Japan put its first Airbus A321LR into operation on July 1, 2022. While I originally booked a seat on the aircraft’s inaugural flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka, I eventually had to skip the flight due to other commitments. I rebooked the flight a couple of
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Aircraft wheels, part of an aircraft’s landing gear assembly, are an incredible feat of engineering. An aircraft’s landing gear has to be strong enough to support the aircraft’s maximum weight. They also need to be able to withstand high take-off and landing speeds, with sudden acceleration at take-off, and rapid deceleration when the aircraft touches
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On my way back from Europe to Japan back in September 2022, I flew with Swiss from Prague to Tokyo. The flight from Prague to Zurich was operated by a Helvetic Airways E190-E2 and the long-haul flight was operated by a 777-300ER. While I reviewed Swiss 777-300ER business class in the past, this is my
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I last flew with Greece’s flag carrier, Aegean Airlines, several years ago while in Athens for my studies. The flights I took in Aegean’s all-Airbus fleet provided opportunities to use Athens as a jumping point to explore other interesting cities like Tel-Aviv, Milan, and Cairo. Those flights still stand out to me for their clean
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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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