Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330-300 Economy Class Cabin

Review: Hong Kong Airlines A330-300 Economy Class from Osaka to Hong Kong

While Hong Kong Airlines has been encountering some economic difficulties recently, the airline is still a good – and often relatively cheap – option on flights within Asia as well as between Asia and the United States. I had a chance to fly with the airline in economy class from Osaka to Los Angeles and […]

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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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Shimojishima Airport: A Brief History and a Tour of Its New Terminal

Shimojishima Airport: A Brief History and a Tour of Its New Terminal

Some days ago, I published a report about the first Jetstar Japan flight from Tokyo Narita to Shimojishima. While the inaugural flight didn’t take me to a brand new airport, it took me to an airport that has been “reborn” thanks to a brand new terminal and resumed scheduled service after about a 25-year hiatus.

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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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New Terminal, New Era: Onboard Jetstar Japan's Inaugural Flight from Tokyo to Shimojishima

New Terminal, New Era: Onboard Jetstar Japan’s Inaugural Flight from Tokyo to Shimojishima

Over the last couple of years, I took quite a few “special” flights – whether inaugurals or farewells. Among others, I was on Air France’s inaugural 787 flight, on the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400CC inaugural flight, as well as on the Cathay Pacific 747 farewell flight. That said, I’d never been on an inaugural flight

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