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Category: Flight Reviews

  • Flight Review – QF442 Melbourne to Sydney

    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…

  • Flight Review – CX105 Hong Kong to Melbourne

    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…

  • Flight Review – KA103 Kathmandu to Hong Kong

    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…

  • Flight Review – 3U8719 Lhasa to Kathmandu

    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…

  • Flight Review – 3U8720 Kathmandu to Lhasa

    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…