Airports in North America are about as useful as Paris Hilton is to the world: lacking substance, a lot of non-sense and tacky, but it gets the job done. However, I was pleasantly surprised on a recent flight out of Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport to Montréal – giving this part of the world some hope. Also known as Toronto’s city airport, …
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TRIP REPORT: CX First Chicago to Hong Kong (September 2014)
Flying time is just over 15 hours so lots to enjoy on this ultra-long haul flight! B-KPR on stand at Chicago O’Hare’s Terminal 5 The seat – featuring the ‘refreshed’ look which is progressively being rolled out across Cathay’s First Class seats onboard the B777-300ER PJs from PYE – Cathay switched over from Shanghai …
TRIP REPORT: BA Club World London Gatwick to St. Kitts (August 2014)
As the inbound aircraft from Kingston, Jamaica was delayed, this caused a knock-on effect on our departure time. The aircraft landed at 0911, and apparently for BA 1 ½ hours isn’t enough time to turn this B777-200ER around on time. Delayed departure out of rainy London Cabin The Club World cabin is split into 2 cabins, …
TRIP REPORT: CX Business Class Hong Kong to Milan (MXP) (August 2014)
Cathay Pacific recently revised its boarding procedures at HKIA as follows: First / CX Diamond / oneworld Emerald; Business / CX Gold / oneworld Sapphire; Premium Economy / CX Silver and Marco Polo members / oneworld Ruby; Economy. In the past, all Marco Polo members (regardless of tier) boarded together with Business class passengers. But …
The Asian Nomad 