Category: Flight Reviews

  • Avianca Gate: 5 Seat: 26A (Economy Window) Plane: A319 Boarded: 07.34 Pushback: 08.10 Arrived: 09.24 (Scheduled 09.40) Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes Distance: 710 kms This was the first leg of two flights to get to New York City, USA with this Colombian domestic flight from Simon Bolivar International Airport (Santa Marta) to El Dorado…

  • Avianca Gate: 5 Seat: 15D (Exit Row Aisle) Plane: A320-100 Boarded: 09.38 Pushback: 09.56 Departed: 10.05 (Scheduled 09.43) Arrived: 10.54 (Scheduled 10.50) Duration: 49 minutes Distance: 473 kms This was the second of two flights included with the G Adventures Classic Colombia tour. This was a short flight schedule for 1 hour 3 minutes it…

  • Avianca Gate: 71 Seat: 28B (Middle) Plane: A320-100 Boarded: 12.38 Pushback: 13.00 Departed: 13.11 (Scheduled 13.05) Arrived: 13.47 (Scheduled 14.08) Duration: 36 minutes Distance: 183 kms This was the first of two flights included with the G Adventures Classic Colombia tour. This was an incredibly short flight schedule for 1 hour 3 minutes it turned…

  • American Airlines Gate: A38 Seat: 9A (Economy Window) Plane: A319 Boarded: 17.02 Pushback: 17.45 (Scheduled 17.45) Arrived: 23.02 (Scheduled 23.10) Duration: 5 hour 17 minutes Distance: 3,925 kms

  • Qantas Gate: 8 Seat: 12E (Business Middle Aisle Upper Deck) Plane: A380-800 Boarded: 19.14 Pushback: 19.53 Departed: 20.01 (Scheduled 12.35 SYD) Arrived: 19.42 (Scheduled 13.00 DFW) Duration: 14 hour 49 minutes Distance: 13,804 kms This was the second leg of three flights to get to Bogotá, Colombia. The first flight was a domestic flight Melbourne…

  • Qantas Gate: 4 Seat: 3A (Business Window) Plane: B737-800 Boarded: 15.55 Pushback: 16.27 Departed: 16.34 (Scheduled 15.00) Arrived: 18.13 (Scheduled 16.25) Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes Distance: 706 kms This was the first leg of three flights to get to Bogotá, Colombia. I was originally booked on a flight that would have left at 09.00…

  • Airline: Cathay Pacific Gate: 25 Seat: 18K (Business window) Plane: A350-900 Boarded 23.37 (Scheduled 23.25) Pushback 00.01 Departed: 00.15 (Scheduled 00.05) Note: Time Change plus 3 hour Arrived: 11.43 (Scheduled 12.15) Duration: 8 hour 28 minutes Distance: 7,387 kms The final flight of this trip was my first Cathay Pacific business class flight and first…

  • Airline: Cathay Dragon Gate: 5 Seat 11D: (business aisle) Plane: A330-300 Boarded 22.50 (scheduled 22.30) Pushback 23.13 Departed: 23.21 (Scheduled 23.10) Note: Time Change plus 2 hour 15 minutes Arrived: 05.39 (Scheduled 05.50) Duration: 4 hour 3 minutes Distance: 2,937 kms The return flight from the earlier Hong Kong to Kathmandu flight (review here) this…

  • Airline: Sichuan Airlines Gate: 1 Seat 2C: (business aisle) Plane: A319 Boarded 11.37 (scheduled 10.30) Pushback 11.59 Departed: 12.26 (Scheduled 11.10) Note: Time Change minus 2 hour 15 minutes Arrived: 11.44 (Scheduled 10.30) Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes Distance: 572 kms Travelling with a group as part of the G Adventures High Road to Tibet…

  • Airline: Sichuan Airlines Gate: 3 Seat 24E: (economy middle seat) Plane: A319 Boarded 11.34 (by bus & stairs) Pushback 12.00 Departed: 12.11 (Scheduled 11.30) Arrived: 15.31 (Scheduled 15.10) Duration: 1 hour 05 minutes Distance: 572 kms Travelling with a group as part of the G Adventures High Road to Tibet tour we had an included…