The "airport mistake" that always comes to my mind is that spur at Singapore Changi. That transfer is miserable (in the sense that it exists; really, it's just across the platform). I'm pretty sure another line is being built to the airport that will go right downtown. ETA: nope. The trans...
Jump to postJL JFK-NRT 747
SU SVO-PEK 333
QR DOH-PHL 359
TG LAX-BKK 345
SQ SIN-FRA 747
JS PEK-FNJ 204
SV JFK-JED 773
Y4 GDL-RNO 320
AA PHX-LHR 772
DL DTW-HND 772
UA EWR-HKG 772
NH NRT-MEX 788
and many, many more
Flown ESB DOH SIN last week on QR and great service by QR, no wonder they were awarded as the best airline in most categories recently by Skytrax, 100% full flight from ESB, QR is doing a great operation at ESB definitely and I will not be surprised if they will gauge the a/c to a widebody again so...
Jump to postI am a bit surprised they don’t launch Jeddah-Tirana unless someone else is already flying it. Their expansion is quite Riyadh-centric which tells me that at this stage they are more focused on Saudi tourists to Europe and European VFR to Saudi rather than in European tourists to Saudi (with JED be...
Jump to postKsa is not a bastion of tourism This bankrolled adventure will be the flop of Saudi strategy KSA has millions of Haj visitors every year. No other country has this advantage . And Haj isn't cheap or discounted . unless your definition of tourism is larger louts in Benidorm It’s not a huge advantage...
Jump to postDon't really understand where the Saudis are going with this to be honest. They already have a ready made vehicle to dump cash into to do exactly this already in Saudia, which has made huge strides in service levels and network growth in recent years. Why throw this all away and focus on RUH when i...
Jump to postI've read rumblings that the alcohol ban may be lifted soon. I would imagine they would perhaps make special "zones" or perhaps something along the lines of ONLY international 5*+ hotels, no liquor stores and no locals. Separately, I wonder if the visa fees will go down given the surge in...
Jump to postSo if you arrive to IST/SAW, what are your options to let's say downtown? I suppose there is a taxi but how much would that cost? Bus? Well as stated its a huge city and depends what part you want to go to. Granted most tourists will be heading to Taksim or Sultanahmet but locals could be going alm...
Jump to postI know SV is expanding it's international network, but without a major connecting hub in Saudi Arabia I find it hard to see them fill flights to these new destinations. I don't really see any more room for another connecting carrier after QR and EK, the market is already full it seems. JED has flig...
Jump to postNiki Air. Not "unknown", but it's not an airline people have talked about extensively or even think about on a normal day. Gee I forgot I flew on an airplane with a fly on it! That bug livery wasn't very....aesthetic... I'll throw in Mega Maldives. Lofty and improperly planned long-haul o...
Jump to postEven if they make it up to Terminal 10, that damned Tanah Merah transfer yields to no one.
Jump to postA BMI fare system? a Law Suit waiting to happen and un-winable. Bettter Airlines shoud have a minimum width seat and stop the crowding, though? the LCC's have their bread and butter in this fashion. Pretty sure bread and butter are part of the reason why some complain the seats are too tight. Makes...
Jump to post5th largest city in the US with OW hubs on either end, the LHR flight will be there for a while. Since there is a JV, it doesn't matter to BA or AA who is flying the route, right? I wouldn't use the population of the city of Phoenix as a proxy for anything airline-related. The metro area itself is ...
Jump to postAmazingly hilarious that Southwind not only took the "opposite" name of the russian Northwind, but also ripped off their logo by literally taking the N and turning it sideways :D And thanks for the new thread :) The "sideways" N is very patriotic in Russia these days .... And I ...
Jump to postEY's shareholder wanted to be big as QR and EK in a shorter time. The government flooded the airline with cash and borrowed secretly (there's a thread in A.Net about it) and with James Hogan, EY began massive investiments in ill-airlines like Air Berlin, Alitalia, Jet Airways... and order larger pl...
Jump to postSo ... no Polderbaan?
Jump to postMore issues today https://i.ibb.co/LN7m5Pk/7189066-E-B1-E1-4903-8-AB1-5617-E3-AEDD4-F.png https://www.klm.co.uk/ That could be interesting if somebody was connecting there to go somewhere to take a cruise or something. Makes me feel really solid about a decision we made a while make to pack very mi...
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(Darn, I only started counting these a few years ago, otherwise I reckon a specific CI A330 would've been número uno.)
Stats from flightmemory: 1 (New) United 80 8.1 % 2 Delta Air Lines 55 5.6 % 3 Continental Airlines 39 4.0 % 4 Turkish Airlines 37 3.8 % 5 (New) American 30 3.0 % 6 China Airlines 28 2.8 % 7 ANA All Nippon Airways 25 2.5 % 8 Singapore Airlines 22 2.2 % 9 JAL Japan Airlines 21 2.1 % 10 USAirways 18 1....
Jump to postThe DL trogs at PEK always questioned me when NRT-bound, and confiscated my freaking water. The U.S. sucks to fly to/fro, and China's no different.
And hey, the pandemic hasn't changed of that; both still suck travel-wise.
The DL trogs at PEK always questioned me when NRT-bound, and confiscated my freaking water. The U.S. sucks to fly to/fro, and China's no different.
And hey, the pandemic hasn't changed of that; both still suck travel-wise.
The latest update regarding QR Canada service is they have 11x slots total, 7x already used for DOH-YUL. However they are not using the 4x slots for either YVR or YYZ atm because they want both YVR and YYZ each with daily service. They're causing a political fit and changed their minds about launch...
Jump to postWhy the hubbub?
Call the airline whatever you want, I will continue flying THY as long as their J fares stay enticing.
There’s nowhere to fly to in Asia. They’re all stuck in Covid delusion. Nothing to discuss for the foreseeable. Just one correction, Sydney was lumped in but Australia is pretty much open albeit with some testing restrictions. There are plenty of open countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, a...
Jump to postFINALLY! That requirement never made the slightest bit of sense, since they dropped testing at land and sea borders months ago.... I mean, not even the tiniest bit of sense. But it went so far to inconvenience/ruin people's travels. In just the last month, I've had friends be stranded in both Beliz...
Jump to postIn 2018, I booked five HY flights using U.S.-based OTAs (I think Expedia). Though, I tend to prefer booking on the airline website itself -- especially once I'm away from home turf; pear-shaped issues reveal excruciatingly bad customer service made worse when booked through a third-party site.
Jump to postHi (again thanks), Just quickly as the thread starter again many thanks again for all the ideas and info again and stuff. Definitely some things I do remember but lots of new stuff for me to look up too so many thanks again. Also as an aside and sorry a little off-topic but I think Frankfurt's old-...
Jump to postReporting on board TK4, JFK-IST, 11.5 year old 77W Erzurum, TC-JJJ. Full flight. By the way, my JFK-IST flight was under 9 hours. Even though thunderstorms during take off, it was a pretty -I still think too many layers of service for Business Class food and beverage service. Just too much going on...
Jump to postAnd as predicted, more flights for TLC:
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerosp ... 022-05-24/
Fiend wrote:In Thailand Sukhothai THS comes to mind
THS is definitely a unique airport. Where else in the world can you sit in the departure area and watch the giraffes in the airport zoo???
I used to look forward to flying out of Jakarta CGK for its vernacular architecture (T1 and T2 anyway).
IIRC, Baku GYD was nifty, and I always liked checking out the flipboard FIDS at FRA.
[photoid][/photoid] a few come to mind: KTM passing in between the mountains HND turning in the Tokyo bay when landing 16R or 16L TOD like landing in the jungle i was going to say KTM for the mountains, and for the Turkish Airlines jet that fled the runway (that they painted over due to being embarr...
Jump to postOne really unique terminal is at Boa Vista (BVC). As far as I know, it's the only outdoor terminal in the world. https://i.imgur.com/5E2TaV6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yp8lsh6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VqraDq1.jpg A truly unique design, never seen anything like it. Isn't Koh Samui a hybrid indoor-outdoo...
Jump to postMaybe the next president will Mirabel NLU and try Texcoco 2.0. /s More than ever, I'm curious about TLC. With the new motorway, it's now within easier reach of the wealhy 'burb of Santa Fe, in addition to Toluca and its environs. Can't imagine how long Santa Fe to NLU is, even if/when the airport tr...
Jump to postIn Ukraine all the taxi driver remove the seatbelts from their vehicles. It apparently proves they are good drivers. I've been admonished for trying to wear belts in China for that very same excuse. Indeed, seat belts in China aren't too common anyway, yet no one knows how to drive well there. But ...
Jump to postI saw plans were revealed to turn the former Ataturk airport into large green space for Istanbul. 5 million square meters of airport space will be transformed 132,000 trees. The former airport land will feature public gardens, recreational facilities and public event spaces. Quite positive developm...
Jump to postAnd your point is? It's just another pointless thing Washington has done. For quite some time, U.S. citizens have been able to travel to Cuba through other countries. The announcement is more for Cubans looking to go to other Cuban cities non-stop from the states. As someone who worked on successfu...
Jump to postI've taken a number of domestic flights in the U.S., Russia, and China. Prices are high for invariably bad food -- whether it's for taking on the plane, or sitting down at a restaurant -- at all airports, and airline food is shite. What I typically do is visit a supermarket before the flight and get...
Jump to postIt’s an honor system and not enforced, you literally get the visa at the airport at check in. People will still take their beach vacations by checking another box. And your point is? It's just another pointless thing Washington has done. For quite some time, U.S. citizens have been able to travel t...
Jump to postHaving taken around 70 flights during "recent events" betwixt March 2020 and December 2021, I don't recall the plane having to queue up once.
Flying this year, however, I'm noticing it creeping back.
2. While looking at some FR24 I noticed that there is a whole bunch of flights from Adana to Ercan. Both are more or less tourist destinations so I can't imagine there being much holiday demand. So who is traveling this much between these two markets? All flights to Ercan -- Turkish Cyprus -- must ...
Jump to postAnother new airport in Turkey -- Rize-Artvin opens next week. Looking at the map is its quite close to Georgian border. Is this meant to reduce the reliance of Batumi airport? https://cdni0.trtworld.com/w960/q75/131402_RizeArtvinairport_1651843636621.jpg https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/erdogan-aliy...
Jump to postAs Mexico becomes more of a banana republic under their current administration, more and more things like this will surface.. Is approaching MEX looks like Kai Tak? Sounds like to me. From a passenger's perspective, it's not quite a checkerboard pattern á la Kai Tak. Clear days give excellent shots...
Jump to posthttps://expansion.mx/empresas/2022/05/02/gobierno-va-por-decreto-para-mudar-vuelos-del-aicm-al-aifa I don't know if it's too early to tell, but this is giving me Mirabel-like vibes. Quoting from that link: “Hay que ver cuánto puede ir destinándose a otro lados, particularmente al AIFA, porque ya es...
Jump to postBack in 2007, I remember landing at the previous DOH terminal, and then connecting to a J flight "boarding" from the Premium Terminal. Yeesh, that old DOH had some horribly low ceilings, like Stapleton.
Jump to postFor the first time last week, I took Havabüs from SAW to Kadiköy, and then after a few days, Havaist from Kadiköy to IST. Whereas the buses were on-time, and had USB slots, I can't help but think how miserable the journeys would have been had it been rush hour. Thus ... any word on the metro expansi...
Jump to postAh 5th freedoms, more dependable than constitutional freedoms. As usual, probably forgetting some-- SQ LAX-NRT-LAX (my first ever 5th freedom) UL BKK-HKG UL BKK-PEK ON Kiribati TRW- Majuro MAJ /but only visited Majuro:(/ DL NRT-PEK-NRT NW NRT-HKG-NRT EK HKG-BKK-HKG EK BKK-SYD-AKL GF HKG-BKK SQ JFK-...
Jump to postLIE for the Washington, D.C. area. /s
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