Each of ANAs Upcoming A380s Will Wear a Different Livery (...and Some More Details)

Each of ANAs Upcoming A380s Will Wear a Different Livery (…and Some More Details)

Over a year ago, I wrote about ANA revealing Flying Honu, the special livery that one of their A380s will wear. At that time, I believed the first aircraft would wear the special livery with the other two wearing the standard ANA livery. As such, I was disappointed when ANA announced that all three aircraft

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NokScoot to Launch Scheduled Flights Between Bangkok Don Muang and Tokyo Narita in June 2018

NokScoot to Launch Scheduled Flights Between Bangkok Don Muang and Tokyo Narita in June 2018

Earlier this month, NokScoot, a Thai low-cost airline, announced that it will launch scheduled flights between Bangkok Don Muang and Tokyo Narita. XW101/102: Bangkok Don Muang – Tokyo Narita and Back The new NokScoot flights between the Thai capital and Tokyo Narita airport will operate daily starting on June 1, 2018, with the following schedule:

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Trip Preview: To Phuket for Spotting Onboard a Variety of Star Alliance Business Class Products

When, during a spotting trip to Sapporo, Yukihiro asked me whether I would join him for a spotting trip to Phuket about three weeks later, I half-jokingly said yes. Having seen some great photos from the airport recently, upon my return from Sapporo, I decided to make that half-joke a reality. Finding Suitable Flights to

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JAL Launches "Dokokani Mile Southern Islands Edition" for Departures Out of Kagoshima and Naha

JAL Launches “Dokokani Mile Southern Islands Edition” for Departures Out of Kagoshima and Naha

Last summer, I introduced JAL’s “Dokokani Mile” program where Japan-based JAL Mileage Bank members can get a domestic roundtrip ticket from Tokyo and Osaka to a random destination for 6,000 miles roundtrip. Yesterday, JAL announced launch of the program’s “Southern Islands Edition” for flights departing from Kagoshima and Naha to one of Japan’s islands in

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The Second Japan Airlines' SAMURAI BLUE Jet to Start Operating on April 21, 2018

The Second Japan Airlines’ SAMURAI BLUE Jet to Enter into Service on April 21, 2018

About two months ago, I wrote about Japan Airlines applying SAMURAI BLUE livery to one of its domestic 777s. Yesterday, the airline announced the details about its second SAMURAI JET designed to support the Japanese national soccer team at the upcoming World Cup in Russia. The first SAMURAI BLUE Jet which took off on a

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ANA Now Offering "Bid My Price" Upgrades from Economy Class to Premium Economy

ANA Now Offering “Bid My Price” Upgrades from Economy Class to Premium Economy

Starting on April 17, 2018, ANA All Nippon Airways launched “Bid My Price,” a system that lets selected paid economy class passengers bid for upgrades into premium economy class, using the Plusgrade platform. “Bid My Price” is available for paid economy class itineraries starting in Japan, Europe, Australia, or New Zealand, and only routes between

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