Aussie Flyer

AIRLINE: Jetstar AIRCRAFT: Airbus A320-200 (VH-VGZ) CLASS: Economy Class ROUTE: MEL-BNE SEAT: 4F SCHEDULED DEPARTURE: 16.10 ACTUAL DEPARTURE: 16.10 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL: 18.20 ACTUAL ARRIVAL: 18.25 With family up in Brisbane it was time for another visit to the Sunshine State of Queensland. It was school holidays and Qantas was a bit overpriced so I opted for a Jetstar flight from Melbourne Tullamarine to Brisbane, one of 2 daily flight they operate on this route. About 2.45pm, I dropped the car off at Melbourne airports long term car parking and got the shuttle bus for the short ride over to Terminal 1. Terminal 1 plays host to Qantas Domestic, Qantaslink, and Jetstar. In order to get a seat near the front, I had checked in online but decided not to print out my boarding pass and get one at the checkin kiosk instead. I had no baggage thankfully as the baggage drop off counter queues were very long! The check in kiosks were surrounded by people queuing to drop off baggage bu...

Hi Guys, I recently noticed my RSS Feed had not been updating. I found out it's because my posts are so huge that the feed had reached it's data limit. I corrected it this week, so if you see a few strange things going on with the RSS feed being out of order, or showing new posts that are actually quite old, please ignore it! As of now the RSS feed will show a maximum of 8 previous posts, should be ample as I only update a couple of times a month usually. Thanks to my regular readers for your continued support!! ~~~ DAZZ81 ~~~

AIRLINE:  Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT:  Airbus A330-343X Reg: B-LAA (5 years old) CLASS:  Business Class ROUTE:  HKG-TPE (aircraft continues to Fukuoka) SEAT:  18K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE:  14.55 ACTUAL DEPARTURE:  14.54 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL:  16.45 ACTUAL ARRIVAL:  16.37 After a very quick transit, in which I was assisted by Cathay ground staff through security, I boarded CX510 to Taipei, and onwards to Fukuoka. I would be disembarking in Taipei. Today's flight was operated by B-LAA, an Airbus A330-300 delivered new to Cathay in 2005. It has regional business class seats, but they are a more modern version than found on the A330 I flew from TPE to HKG last time on Cathay (see my previous blog entry ).  CX510 now boarding B-LAA preparing to go to Taipei I took the first left on the jetway and headed for the business class cabin, I was warmly welcomed on board at Door 1L and greeted by name and directed to the right side of the aircraft and...

AIRLINE: Cathay Pacific AIRCRAFT: Airbus A340-300 (34B) Reg: B-HXA (13 years old) CLASS: Business Class ROUTE: BKK-HKG SEAT: 17K SCHEDULED DEPARTURE: 10.20 ACTUAL DEPARTURE: 10.24 SCHEDULED ARRIVAL: 14.05 ACTUAL ARRIVAL: 14.13 Check-In Today I would be travelling to Taipei via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. It was a particularly exciting occasion for me as I had never traveled on an Airbus A340 before! This flight originates in Delhi and flies to Hong Kong via Bangkok. It's a pretty painful 3am departure from Delhi, getting into Bangkok about 9am for a 1 hour transit. I had pre-selected seat 17K on this long haul configured aircraft, and checked in online the night before. I went to the business class check-in desk where there was no queue. The friendly check-in girl quickly printed out my boarding pass and lounge invitations and then wrote out my Fast Track immigration card. The fast track card is great, you proceed through a dedicated security area and the...