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Airbus A 350-900 Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines, Business Class – Airbus A 350-900: Singapore to Cairns

Singapore Airlines currently operates a fleet of 65 Airbus A 350-900s, which have replaced its fleet of Boeing B 777-200s. The airline recently issued a […]

September 9, 2026
Air France Boeing B 777-300

Air France, Business Class – Boeing B 777-300: Paris CDG to Singapore

I have a layover of twelve hours in Paris CDG. Originally, I had planned to either visit Marne la Vallée (Disney) or make the trip […]

September 4, 2026
Air France Embraer 190

Air France, Business Class – Embraer 190: Frankfurt to Paris CDG

Not long before I took this flight, Air France KLM migrated their operation at Frankfurt Airport from the horrible Terminal 2 to the newly opened […]

September 2, 2026
Airbus A 319 Lufthansa

Lufthansa, Economy Class – Airbus A 319: Zürich to Frankfurt

This flight marks the beginning of my summer vacation and I’ll be gone for a whole month. Frequent visitors to this website probably guest it […]

August 28, 2026
Embraer 195-E2 KLM

KLM Cityhopper, Economy Class – Embraer 195 E2: Amsterdam to Basel

KLM gradually appears to be getting the situation with the Embraer E2’s engines under control. Where previously they regularly deployed a leased in German Airways […]

August 21, 2026
Airbus A 319 Lufthansa

Lufthansa, Business Class – Airbus A 319: Frankfurt to Amsterdam

I just landed in Frankfurt on a flight from Almaty via Astana in Kazakhstan. I managed a solid five hours of sleep, which is not […]

August 19, 2026
Airbus A 340-300 Lufthansa

Lufthansa, Business Class – Airbus A 340-300: Almaty via Astana to Frankfurt

Most flights by European airlines from Central Asia to Europe depart in the dead of night, at the most ungodly hours. And unfortunately, the Lufthansa […]

August 17, 2026
Airbus A 330-300 Lufthansa

Lufthansa, Business Class – Airbus A 330-300: Frankfurt to Almaty via Astana

This is going to be my first flight ever on Lufthansa’s A 330-300. The completion of this flight means that I have now flown on […]

August 12, 2026
Airbus A 321 Lufthansa

Lufthansa, Business Class – Airbus A 321: Amsterdam to Frankfurt

Amsterdam Schiphol is one of Europe’s leading air transport hubs, and quite rightly so. Its layout is easy and quick to navigate. After the non-Schengen […]

August 10, 2026
Boeing B 737-800 KLM

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Business Class – Boeing B 737-800: Zürich to Amsterdam

By now, I think that all of KLM’s Boeing B 737-800 have been refurbished with the Boeing Space cabin interiors, and it’s quite remarkable what […]

August 7, 2026
Embraer 195-E2 Helvetic Airways

SWISS International Air Lines, Business Class – Embraer 195-E2: Luxembourg to Zürich

Luxembourg is an interesting destination in the SWISS network for several reasons. The fairly short flight time makes it an ideal route to use up […]

August 5, 2026
Airbus A 220-300 SWISS

SWISS International Air Lines, Business Class – Airbus A 220-300: Zürich to Luxembourg

Early in 2026, SWISS announced that it would be withdrawing its fleet of nine Airbus A 220-100s in the face of ongoing technical issues with […]

August 3, 2026
Airbus A 320 NEO KM Malta Airlines

KM Malta Airlines, Business Class – Airbus A 320 NEO: Malta to Zürich

The first national airline of Malta after independence was, of course, Air Malta, which was set up in April 1974, just six months before I […]

July 31, 2026
Boeing B 777-300 Emirates

Emirates Airlines, Business Class – Boeing B 777-300: Larnaca to Malta

When World War II ended, the Malta Dry Docks in Valletta’s Grand Harbour that had repaired and maintained the Mediterranean fleet throughout the war effort […]

July 27, 2026
Airbus A 320 Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines, Business Class – Airbus A 320: Vienna to Larnaca

Vienna airport is not particularly attractive. It’s also one of the most tedious places to have to transfer between flights. The general impression you get […]

July 24, 2026

Hotel Reviews

The Shangri-La Marina

Shangri-La The Marina Cairns

September 11, 2026
The Changi Airport Crowne Plaza

The Crowne Plaza at Changi Airport

September 7, 2026
The Airport Hilton

The Hilton Frankfurt Airport

August 31, 2026
Schlossberg Hotel

The Schlossberg Hotel in Thun Castle

August 26, 2026
The Braunbär

The Braunbär Hotel Wengen

August 24, 2026
Mercure Almaty City Centre

Mercure Almaty City Centre

August 14, 2026
The Phoenicia

Another Spiffing Stay at the Phoenicia Malta

July 29, 2026
Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten

Afternoon Tea at the Nymphenburg Room of the Kempinski Munich

July 10, 2026

Shangri-La The Marina Cairns

In Cairns I’m staying at the Shangri-La on the esplanade, which is in the privileged position of being the only hotel in Cairns that sits […]

September 11, 2026

Singapore Airlines, Business Class – Airbus A 350-900: Singapore to Cairns

Singapore Airlines currently operates a fleet of 65 Airbus A 350-900s, which have replaced its fleet of Boeing B 777-200s. The airline recently issued a […]

September 9, 2026

The Crowne Plaza at Changi Airport

The Crowne Plaza at Changi Airport is located at Terminal 3, which is home to Singapore Airlines. It’s in easy walking distance to the terminal […]

September 7, 2026

Air France, Business Class – Boeing B 777-300: Paris CDG to Singapore

I have a layover of twelve hours in Paris CDG. Originally, I had planned to either visit Marne la Vallée (Disney) or make the trip […]

September 4, 2026

Air France, Business Class – Embraer 190: Frankfurt to Paris CDG

Not long before I took this flight, Air France KLM migrated their operation at Frankfurt Airport from the horrible Terminal 2 to the newly opened […]

September 2, 2026

The Hilton Frankfurt Airport

Late in spring of 2026 Frankfurt Airport opened the newly built Terminal 3 on the location where previously there used to be an American military […]

August 31, 2026

Lufthansa, Economy Class – Airbus A 319: Zürich to Frankfurt

This flight marks the beginning of my summer vacation and I’ll be gone for a whole month. Frequent visitors to this website probably guest it […]

August 28, 2026

The Schlossberg Hotel in Thun Castle

When the Swiss Alps became popular with British tourists in the late 19th century, the city of Thun on the shores of Lake Thun assumed […]

August 26, 2026

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  • AIRCRAFT
    • Aérospatial-BAC Concorde
    • Airbus A 220-100
    • Airbus A 220-300
    • Airbus A 310-300
    • Airbus A 318
    • Airbus A 319
    • Airbus A 320
    • Airbus A 320 NEO
    • Airbus A 321
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    • Airbus A 330-200
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    • Airbus A 330-900
    • Airbus A 340-300
    • Airbus A 340-600
    • Airbus A 350-1000
    • Airbus A 350-900
    • Airbus A 380
    • ATR-42
    • ATR-72
    • AVRO RJ100
    • AVRO RJ85
    • Boeing B 717
    • Boeing B 720B
    • Boeing B 737-300
    • Boeing B 737-500
    • Boeing B 737-700
    • Boeing B 737-8 MAX
    • Boeing B 737-800
    • Boeing B 737-9 MAX
    • Boeing B 737-900
    • Boeing B 747-300
    • Boeing B 747-400
    • Boeing B 747-8i
    • Boeing B 767-300
    • Boeing B 777-200
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    • Boeing B 787-10
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    • Bombardier CRJ1000
    • Bombardier CRJ700
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    • Bombardier CS300
    • Bombardier Dash 8-300
    • Bombardier Q400
    • Cessna
    • Dornier Do 328
    • Embraer 170
    • Embraer 175
    • Embraer 190
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    • Embraer 195
    • Embraer 195-E2
    • Fokker F 100
    • Fokker F 70
    • MD-11
    • MD-80
    • Saab 2000
  • AIRLINES A
    • Adria Airways
    • Aegean Airlines
    • Aerlingus
    • Aeromexico
    • Air Baltic
    • Air Canada
    • Air China
    • Air Dolomiti
    • Air Europa (UX)
    • Air France
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    • Alitalia
    • American Airlines
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    • Asiana Airlines
    • Austrian Airlines
  • Airlines B -E
    • Bangkok Airways
    • Blue 1
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    • Cambodia AngkorAir
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    • Darwin Airlines
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    • Finnair
    • Garuda
    • Germania
    • Germanwings
    • Gulf Air
    • Hawaiian Airlines
    • Helvetic Airways
    • Iberia
    • ITA Airways
    • JAL – Japan Air Lines
    • JetBlue
    • Jetstar
    • KLM
    • KM Malta Airlines
    • Korean Air
  • Airlines L – N
    • LAN
    • Lübeck Air
    • Logan Air
    • LOT Polish Airlines
    • Lufthansa
    • Luxair
    • Malaysia Airlines
    • Niki
  • Airlines O – S
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    • Qatar Airways
    • Royal Air Maroc
    • Royal Jordanian Airways
    • SAS
    • SATA
    • Singapore Airlines
    • Skywork
    • Srilankan
    • SunExpress
    • SWISS
  • Airlines T – V
    • TAP Air Portugal
    • Tarom
    • Thai Airways
    • Transavia
    • Turkish Airlines
    • United Airlines
    • Vietnam Airlines
    • Virgin America
    • Virgin Atlantic
    • Virgin Australia
    • Vueling
  • Airlines W – Z
    • WDL
    • Westjet
    • Wideroe
    • WizzAir
  • Aviation Geekery
    • Seattle Museum of Flight
  • HOTELS
    • Abu Dhabi
      • Airside Transit Hotel Abu Dhabi Airport
    • Adelaide
      • The Sofitel Adelaide Hotel
    • Adelboden
      • The Cambrian
    • Almaty
      • Mercure Almaty City Centre
      • The Hilton Doubletree Almaty
    • Amsterdam
      • Mercure Hotel Schiphol Airside
      • Sofitel The Grand
      • The Conservatorium
      • The Okura Amsterdam
      • The Waldorf Astoria
      • Yotel Air
    • Andermatt
      • The Chedi Andermatt
    • Ankara
      • The Sheraton Ankara
    • Antalya
      • Doubletree
    • Antwerp
      • Radisson Blu Antwerp Centre
      • The Botanic Sanctuary Hotel
    • Auckland
      • Peace & Plenty Inn, Devonport
    • Bad Ragaz
      • The Grand Resort
    • Bangkok
      • SO/ Bangkok
      • The Bangkok Shangri-La
      • The Peninsula
    • Bürgenstock, Switzerland
    • Beijing
      • Aman Summer Palace
    • Berlin, Zoologischer Garten
      • 25 H Bikini Hotel
      • SO/ Das Stue
      • Waldorf Astoria
    • Bogota
      • The Hilton Bogota
    • Brisbane, QLD
      • Spicer's Balfour, New Farm
      • The Pullman Brisbane Airport
    • Brussels
      • The Novotel City Centre Hotel
      • The Pullman Bruxelles Midi
    • Budapest
      • The Budapest Hilton
      • The Kempinski Corvinus
    • Cairns
      • The Shangri-La Marina
    • Calgary
      • The Fairmont Palliser
    • Casablanca, Morocco
      • Sofitel La Tour Blanche
    • Chur
      • Hotel Stern
    • Colombo
      • The Galle Face Hotel
    • Con Dao, Viet Nam
      • Six Senses
    • Darwin
      • The Darwin Airport Mercure Resort
    • Davos
      • Hotel Edelweiss
    • Doha
      • The Oryx Doha Airport Hotel
    • Dordrecht
      • Villa Augustus
    • Dubai
      • Al Maha Resort
      • Atlantis The Royal Jumeirah
      • Sofitel Downtown Dubai
      • The Chedi Al Bait Sharjah
      • The Sheraton Dubai Creek
    • Dublin
      • The Shelbourne
    • Engelberg OW
      • Kempinski
    • Evian
      • L’Hermitage
    • Flüelen
      • Berggasthaus Eggberge
    • Flühli im Entlebuch
      • Hotel Kurhaus Flühli
    • Fontainebleau
      • L'Aigle Noir MGallery
    • Frankfurt
      • Frankfurter Hof
      • Marriott Frankfurt Airport
      • Sofitel Frankfurt Opera
      • The Airport Hilton
    • Geneva
      • Hotel d’Angleterre
      • MGallery Rotary
      • The Crowne Plaza at Geneva Airport
    • Ghent
      • The 1898 Post Hotel
    • Gonten, Appenzellerland
      • Appenzeller Huus zum Bären
    • Gotthard Pass
      • Gotthard Hospiz
    • Grandchester, QLD
      • Spicer's Hidden Vale
    • Grimsel Pass
      • Grimsel Hospiz
    • Gstaad Saanen
      • Huus Gstaad
      • Le Grand Bellevue
    • Guangzhou
      • Four Seasons
    • Hamburg
      • 25H Altes Hafenamt
      • Fairmont Vier Jahreszeiten
    • Haugesund
      • Hotel Banken
      • The Radisson Blu Hotel
    • Helsinki
      • The Kämp Helsinki
    • Heringsdorf-Bansin
      • Seetel Hotel Atlantik
    • Hong Kong
      • Langham Place Hotel Mongkok
      • The Conrad Wanchai
      • The Peninsula Hong Kong
    • Innsbruck
      • Das Innsbruck Hotel
    • Interlaken
      • MGallery Royal St. George
      • Victoria Jungfrau
    • Inverness
      • The Coul House, Contin
    • Isle of Man
      • The Claremeont Hotel, Douglas
    • Istanbul
      • The Peninsula Istanbul
      • Yotel Landside Istanbul Airport
    • Izmir
      • The Key Hotel
    • Kangaroo Island
      • The Mercure Kangaroo Island Lodge
    • Langkawi
      • The Datai
    • Lausanne
      • Mövenpick Hotel
      • The Royal Savoy
    • Le Brassus
      • Hôtel des Horlogers
    • Lisbon
      • Sofitel Libertade
    • London
      • Gatwick Airport Sofitel
      • St Martin’s Lane Hotel
      • St. Pancras Hotel
      • The CitizenM at Tower of London
      • The Connaught
      • The Georgian at Harrods
      • The Goring
      • The London Corinthia
      • The Sofitel Heathrow T5
      • The Sofitel St. James
      • The Wolseley
    • Longreach
      • The Saltbush Retreat
    • Luang Prabang
      • Amantaka
    • Lucerne
      • Le Beau Séjour
      • Mandarin Oriental Lucerne
    • Luxembourg
      • Mama Shelter
      • Novotel Kirchberg
      • The Moxy
    • Maastricht
      • Kruisheren Hotel
    • Madrid
      • Mandarin Oriental
      • RIU Plaza de España
    • Mallorca
      • Hilton Resort
    • Malta
      • The Phoenicia
    • Manchester
      • The Radisson Blu Manchester Airport
    • Manly
      • Manly Pacific Hotel
    • Melbourne
      • Sofitel
    • Milano
    • Montreal
      • Ritz-Carlton
      • The Fairmont Queen Elisabeth
    • Montreux
      • Fairmont Le Montreux Palace
    • Munich
      • Kempinski Vier Jahreszeiten
      • Mandarin Oriental
      • Sofitel Bayerpost
      • The Hilton Munich City
    • Muscat
      • The Chedi
    • New York
      • Sofitel Manhattan
      • The Waldorf Astoria
      • TWA Hotel
    • Nicosia
      • The Nicosia Hilton
    • Oslo
      • Radisson Blu
      • Radisson Blu Oslo Airport
      • The Bristol
    • Paris
      • CitizenM Paris, Roissy Airport
      • CitizenM, Paris Gare de Lyon
      • Le Meurice
      • Le Scribe
      • Pullman Hotel, Roissy Airport
      • SO/ Paris
    • Pilatus
      • Hotel Pilatus Kulm
    • Pontresina
      • Kronenhof Hotel
    • Rabat
      • Sofitel Jardin des Roses
    • Rennes
      • Balthazar MGallery
    • Rickenbach, SZ
      • Gästehaus Mythenzimmer
    • Roma
      • CitizenM
      • Sofitel Villa Borghese
      • The Roma St. Regis Grand Hotel
    • Santo Stefano di Sessanio
      • Sextantio
    • Savièse
      • la grande maison
    • Scuol
      • Hotel Guarda Val
    • Seattle
      • The Ändra MGallery Hotel
      • The Fairmont Olympia
    • Seoul
      • The Nest Hotel, Incheon
    • Siem Reap
      • Amansara
    • Singapore
      • The Changi Airport Crowne Plaza
      • The Raffles Hotel
    • Skopje
      • The Skopje Marriott
    • Solothurn
      • La Couronne
    • St. Petersinsel
      • Klosterhotel
    • Strasbourg
      • MGallery Le Cour du Corbeau
    • Surabaya
      • The Majapahit
    • Sydney
      • Q Station
      • The Capella
      • The Fairmont Blue Mountains MGallery Resort
      • The InterContinental Sydney
      • The Sofitel Darling Harbour
    • Thun
      • Schlossberg Hotel
    • Tirana
      • Mercure Hotel Tirana
    • Tokyo
      • Mercure Haneda Airport
      • Narita Hilton
    • Trondheim
      • Radisson Blu Trondheim Airport
      • The Britannia
    • Valletta
      • The Phoenicia
    • Vancouver
      • The Fairmont Vancouver
    • Venice
      • Palazzo Barbarigo
    • Verbier
      • The W
    • Vevey
      • Les Trois Couronnes
    • Victoria, BC
      • The Fairmont Empress
    • Vienna
      • Hilton am Stadtpark
      • SO/ Vienna
    • Warsaw Airport
      • Renaissance Hotel
    • Wengen
      • The Braunbär
    • Zagreb
      • The Esplanade
    • Zürich
      • Baur au Lac
      • Hyatt Regency Zürich Airport
      • The Dolder Grand
      • The Park Hyatt
  • TRAINS
    • Amtrak
    • ÖBB
    • Deutsche Bahn
    • Eurostar
    • FRS Ferries
    • Italo
    • Montreux Oberalp Bahn
    • ONCF
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