Nathan's Insights

During my world trips I have undertaken 128 flights for leisure travel outside of Australia covering 35 airlines with Turkish Airlines, Somon Airlines, and Malayysia Airlines being new airlines experienced for the first time in 2023.

I’ll have eleven new flights for my 2024 USA, Ecuador and Caribbean trip November 2024 to January 2025.

I last updated my international-flight-journal-2025.pdf in February 2025 capturing every flight linked to world trips between November 1986 and May 2024.

I have written flight reviews on most of these flights since 2017 as I found other reviews on the internet assisted me greatly in preparing and this is a small way to give back some knowledge.

Associated with these flight reviews are my various lounge reviews.

Flight Breakdown

As at February 2025 I had taken 139 international flights (38 airlines and 621,606 kms / 386,248 miles taking 823 hours 5 minutes) which break into:

• Ninety-Nine (99) economy class flights (398,282 kms / 247,481 miles taking 542 hours 26 minutes)
• Two (2) premium economy class flights (25,496 kms / 15,842 miles taking 28 hours 50 minutes)
• Thirty (30) business class flights (157,670 kms / 97,972 miles taking 199 hours 32 minutes)
• Eight (8) first class flights (40,158 kms / 24,953 miles taking 52 hours 17 minutes)

Note: Two of these first class flights were actually USA domestic First Class on American Airlines which in reality is more Premium Economy then First Class.

2025

• Qantas QF22 Dallas to Melbourne – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA1475 Atlanta to Dallas – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA1046 Miami to Atlanta – Economy Class

2024

• American Airlines AA380 Quito to Maimi – Economy Class
• Avianca Airlines AV1633 Baltra to Quito (via Guayaquil) – Economy Class
• Avianca Airlines AV1632 Quito to Baltra (via Guayaquil) – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA473 Maimi to Quito – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA2371 Orlando to Maimi – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA2091 Los Angeles to Orlando – Economy Class
• Fiji Airways FJ810 Nadi to Los Angeles – Business Class
• Fiji Airways FJ934 Melbourne to Nadi – Business Class
• Jetstar JQ8 Singapore to Melbourne – Economy Class
• Finnair AY131 Helsnki to Singapore – Economy Class
• Finnair AY1842 Split to Helsinki – Economy Class
• Finnair AY1433 Helsinki to Berlin – Economy Class
• Finnair AY132 Singapore to Helsinki – Economy Class
• Jetstar JQ7 Melbourne to Singapore – Economy Class

2023

• Malaysia Airlines MH149 Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne – Business Class

• Malaysia Airlines MH608 Singapore to Kuala Lumpur – Business Class
• Singapore Airlines SQ391 Istanbul to Singapore – Business Class

• Turkish Airlines TK323 Ashgabat to Istanbul – Economy Class

• Somon Air SZ216 Almaty to Dushanbe – Economy Class

• Turkish Airlines TK348 Istanbul to Bishkek – Ecomony Class
• Turkish Airlines TK2577 Denizli to Istanbul – Economy Class

• Singapore Airlines SQ392 Singapore to Istanbul – Business Class

• Singapore Airliness SQ208 Melbourne to Singapore – Business Class

2019

• Singapore Airlines SQ227 Singapore to Melbourne – First Class
• Singapore Airlines SQ25 Frankfurt to Singapore – First Class
• Singapore Airlines SQ25 New York (JFK) to Frankfurt – First Class
• Avianca AV244 Bogotá to New York (JFK) – Economy Class
• Avianca AV9267 Santa Marta to Bogotá – Economy Class
• Avianca AV9386 Medellín to Cartagena – Economy Class
• Avianca AV9841 Bogotá to Armenia – Economy Class
• American Airlines AA1123 Dallas to Bogotá – Economy Class
• Qantas QF7 Sydney to Dallas – Business Class
• Qantas QF442 Melbourne to Sydney – Business Class

2018

• Cathay Pacific CX105 Hong Kong to Melbourne – Business Class
• Cathay Dragon KA103 Kathmandu to Hong Kong – Business Class
• Sichuan Airlines 3U8719 Lhasa to Kathmandu – Economy Class
• Sichuan Airlines 3U8720 Kathmandu to Lhasa – Economy Class
• Cathay Dragon KA104 Hong Kong to Kathmandu – Business Class
• Qantas QF29 Melbourne to Hong Kong – Economy Class
• Qantas QF64 Johannesburg to Sydney – Business Class
• Comair BA6416 Cape Town to Johannesburg – Business Class

2017

• Emirates EK721 Dubai to Nairobi – First Class
• Emirates EK405 Singapore to Dubai – First Class
• Emirates EK405 Melbourne to Singapore – First Class
• Qantas QF44 Denpasar (Bali) to Sydney – Business Class
• Qantas QF43 Sydney to Denpasar (Bali) – Business Class
• Qantas QF424 Melbourne to Sydney – Business Class
• Qantas QF476 Perth to Melbourne – Business Class
• Qantas QF769 Melbourne to Perth – Business Class

2016

• Qantas QF400 Melbourne to Sydney – Economy Class