Category: Flight Reviews

  • Airline: Cathay Dragon Gate: 522 Seat 12A: (Regional Business window) Plane: A330-300 Boarded: 18.38 (Scheduled 18.30) Bus to plane: 18.51 Pushback: 19.39 Departed: 19.55 (Scheduled 19.10) Arrived: 22.20 (Scheduled 22.00) 24.35 Duration: 4 hours 40 minutes Distance: 2,937 kms

  • Airline: Qantas Plane: Airbus 330-300 Gate: 14A Seat: 28K (Economy window) Boarded: 10.35 (Scheduled 09.50) Pushback: 10.58 Departed: 11.13 (Scheduled 10:35) Arrived: 17:43 (Scheduled 17:20) Duration: 9 hours 30 minutes Distance: 7,387 km This was my first time in a while back in economy for a long haul international flight but being very cheap ($420…

  • Airline: Qantas Plane: Boeing 747-800 Gate: A6 Seat: 5B (Business Class Window seat) Pushback: 18.58 (Scheduled 18.50) / Takeoff: 19.09 Arrived: 14.57 (Scheduled 15.30) / At Gate: 15.04 Duration: 10 hours 59 minutes Length: 6,863 miles / 11,045 kms Summary: A good hard product (in seats 5B and 5J), good soft product and service. Would…

  • Airline: Comair (Part of British Airways) Plane: Boeing 737-800 Gate: A8 Seat: 2A (Club / Business Class window seat) Pushback: 13.25 (Scheduled 13.25) / Takeoff: 13.40 Arrived: 15.21 (Scheduled 15.25) / At Gate: 15.25 Duration: 2 hours Length: 790 miles / 1,272 kms Summary: A very good short domestic flight, good soft product.

  • Airline: Emirates Plane: Boeing 777-200 Gate: C20 Seat: 1A (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 14:45 Departed: 15:09 (Scheduled 15:10) Arrived: 19:46 (Scheduled 19:20) Duration: 5 hours 35 minutes It was time to try the Emirates First Class B777-200 service after today visit to First Class Lounge (review here) and earlier A380 flights (review here and…

  • Singapore to Dubai Airline: Emirates Plane: Airbus 380-800 Gate: C26 Seat: 2K (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 01:38 Departed: 02:03 (Scheduled 01:20) Arrived: 04.53 (Scheduled 04:50) Duration: 7 hours 50 minutes

  • Flight: Melbourne to Singapore Airline: Emirates Plane: Airbus 380-800 Gate: 10 Seat: 2K (First Class Suite window) Boarded: 18:21 Departed: 19:05 (Scheduled 18:45) Arrived: 23:47 (Scheduled 23:35) Duration: 7 hours 42 minutes This was the the bucket list flight, a real first class international flight and I was doing it on Emirates A380 over two…

  • Flight: QF044 Denpasar (Bali) to Sydney Airline: QANTAS Plane: Boeing 737-800 Gate: 9B Seat: 2C (Business Class Aisle) Boarded: 21.57 (Scheduled 21.35) Departed: 22.20 (Scheduled 22.20) Arrived: 06.07 (Scheduled 06.20) Duration: 5 Hours 47 Minutes This was the return flight of my international trip to Indonesia (Bali) with my two sisters and nieces Darby and…

  • Flight: QF043 Sydney to Denpasar (Bali) Airline: QANTAS Plane: Boeing 737-800 Gate: 37 Seat: 2C (Business Class Aisle) Departed: 16.39 (Scheduled 16.40) Arrived: 21.10 (Scheduled 21.20) Duration: 6 Hours 31 Minutes

  • Flight: QF424 Melbourne to Sydney Airline: QANTAS Plane: Airbus 330-200 Gate: 21 Seat: 2A (Business Class) Departed: 10:29 (Scheduled 10:30) Arrived: 12:08 (Scheduled 11:55) Duration: 1 Hours 39 Minutes This flight is part of my international trip to Indonesia (Bali) with my two sisters and their children (excluding Andrew).  Kara and Lana were travelling separate…