New Chinese airline arrived in Sydney this morning

Today marked the start of another Chinese carrier serving Australia. Hainan airlines (HU) will fly an Airbus A330-200 three times a week between Shenzhen and Hangzhou and Sydney. Shenzhen, located on mainland China near Hong Kong and Hangzhou, also on the mainland near Shanghai are both important financial, trade and industrial cities and with populations…

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Jumbo Hostel – Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden.

Last year I had a brief stopover in Stockholm, Sweden and I had heard of this fantastic hostel right at the airport in a converted Boeing 747-200. Of course, being the freakyflier that I am I had to stay there. 🙂 Built in 1976, the aircraft is a decomissioned Boeing 747-200 that was headed for…

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Retro: Sydney Airport circa 1992

Picture taken mid1992. Notice the old liveries. On the the left, Boeing 747-100,  Continental Airlines. Nex to that,  the ‘Tulip’ liv ery of a new Boeing 747-400. In the foreground, is an Air Pacific (known locally as ‘The Flying Fruit Tingle’) Boeing 747-200, which has the same ‘fruit tingle’ livery but with a different tail (now…

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Baggage Fees

I travelled in the US recently and travelled with US Airways and Continental Airlines for my internal domestic flights. Both are full service airlines and I enjoyed flying with them, they were great. These days, most of the domestic ‘full service’ airlines charge for checked baggage. They charge US$20-25 for the first bag and up from…

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Review: US Airways Club Lounge LAX

Arriving at Los Angeles airport 3 hours before my flight to Las Vegas, I decided to seek out US Airways Club Lounge at terminal 1. US Airways have a day pass which can be purchased online when you book your ticket (if you are booking online) for USD40 or your can purchase it on the day…

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