Japan Air Self-Defense Force 747-400 Loses a Small Panel After Taking-Off from Chitose Air Base

Japan Air Self-Defense Force 747-400 Loses a Small Panel During a Ferry Flight from Tokyo to Chitose

Yesterday, January 11, 2018, Japan Air Self-Defense Force announced that one of its two Boeing 747-400 aircraft lost a small panel in-flight. The incident happened during a ferry flight from Tokyo Haneda airport where the aircraft underwent scheduled maintenance and Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, the Japan Air Force One’s base. The fact that the 500-gram panel that […]

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Lounge Review: ITC Hotels Green Lounge at Delhi Indira Gandhi International

Review: ITC Hotels Green Lounge at Delhi Indira Gandhi International

Before taking my flight from Delhi to Amsterdam onboard KLM’s 777-300ER, I had a chance to visit two lounges – ITC Hotels Green Lounge which belongs to the Priority Pass network and ALLWAYS Lounge which is used by KLM for its business class passengers and status holders. The ITC Hotels Green Lounge is located in Lounges

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Avoid This Mistake to Spare Yourself from Having to Buy Two Tickets for the Same Terravision Airport Bus (Don't Forget to Print Your Tickets)

Avoid This Mistake to Spare Yourself from Having to Buy Two Tickets for the Same Terravision Airport Bus

Yesterday, I took a Ryanair flight from Barcelona to Milan Bergamo arriving around 9:30PM from which I connected to a British Airways flight that departed Milan Linate airport at 7:50AM this morning. I was undecided between a couple of options on how to handle the transit and night in Milan, until the very last minute.

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Flight Review: JAL 787-8 Apex Suite Business Class from Tokyo Narita to Delhi

Flight Information Date: December 20, 2017 Flight No.: JL749 Route: Tokyo Narita to Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airline: JAL Japan Airlines Type: Boeing 787-8 Registration: JA840J As I am posting this, I am at Ibis London Heathrow slowly making my way back to Japan (I still have five flights ahead of me) from my Christmas trip to

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The Four Best Priority Pass Lounges I Visited in 2017

The Four Best Priority Pass Lounges I Visited in 2017

Since becoming a Priority Pass member in late 2016, I had a chance to visit close to 50 lounges belonging to the network. Of those, I visited the following 34 last year: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Aspire Lounge Schengen Bangkok BKK, Thailand: Air France-KLM Lounge, Louis’ Tavern CIP Lounge Near Gate G2, Oman Air Lounge Budapest, Hungary: Menzies

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Lounge Review: JAL Sakura Lounge (International - Main Terminal) at Tokyo Narita

Review: JAL Sakura Lounge (International – Main Terminal) at Tokyo Narita

Japan Airlines operates a pair of business class lounges in the international part of Tokyo Narita’s terminal 2. Before taking a flight to Delhi onboard JAL’s excellent business class on my way to Slovakia, I had the chance to visit the one located in the main terminal rather than the satellite building. The lounge is

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Happy New Year! A Look Back at 10 of My Favorite and 10 Most Read Posts of 2017

Happy New Year! A Look Back at 10 of My Favorite and 10 Most Read Posts of 2017

Happy New Year! Before I continue, I would like to thank you all for reading KN Aviation in 2017! I would also like to especially thank Hirofumi – the first KN Aviation contributor – that provided the site with an excellent series of reviews from his around-the-world trip with Star Alliance. You can look forward

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Flight Review: Turkish Airlines 777-300ER Business Class from Istanbul to Delhi

Flight Review: Turkish Airlines 777-300ER Business Class from Istanbul to Delhi

Flight Information Date: September 4, 2017 Flight No.: TK716 Route: Istanbul Ataturk to Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airline: Turkish Airlines Type: Boeing 777-300ER Registration: TC-LKB ATD: 8:38PM ATA: 5:06AM+1 Flight Duration: 5 hrs 58 min My round-the-world trip with Star Alliance came to an end with a Turkish Airlines flight between Istanbul and Delhi. The flight was operated

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Japan Air Commuter Mechanic Dies in Hospital After Being Involved in an Incident at Kagoshima Airport

Japan Air Commuter Mechanic Dies in Hospital After Being Involved in an Incident at Kagoshima Airport

Japan Air Commuter mechanic died in hospital after getting crushed by a Saab 340 wing at Kagoshima airport, a variety of Japanese media including NHK reported. The incident occurred shortly before 1PM Japan time on December 29, 2017, when a Japan Coast Guard Saab 340 under maintenance by Japan Air Commuter tilted while getting towed

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