Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting?
Nostalgia for the Jumbo…and the end of plane spotting? A wave of nostalgia hit me this week when I heard that British Airways was immediately retiring its fleet of Boeing 747s. BA has the …
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Our Experience Flying during the Coronavirus
Flying during the Coronavirus July 9, 2020 Just a few days ago we flew Madrid – Paris – Montreal. It was an interesting experience. And it wasn’t just the flying. The experience started a day earlier …
Coronavirus: International Flights just got more expensive
Coronavirus: International Flights just got more expensive July 1, 2020 In early June I was looking at the price of flights between Madrid and Montreal. I was reassured to see that Air Transat (which …
Airline Review of Air Baltic. Flying Lviv – Riga – Prague
Air Baltic Review When searching for flight options from Lviv to Prague Air Baltic came up as the most efficient and cheapest route. Word of warning though: there’s a lot of fine print and chances are …
Yerevan to Kyiv to Lviv. A Review of Ukrainian Airlines
A Review of Ukrainian Airlines “Don’t fly Ukrainian Airlines” our Czech journalist friend warned us, “it’s not a safe airline, everyone on board was drunk and it was like a party in the air. It’s not …
Schabak und Herpa. My Plane collections…
Schabak und Herpa I know, the title sounds like a German doctor telling you that you have a venereal disease. It’s not. I was cleaning up in my storage room last weekend when I came across my …
Flying Natureair in Costa Rica….
Flying Natureair in Costa Rica…. If you haven’t zip-lined or bungee jumped I recommend the next closest thing to an extreme sport in Costa Rica: flying in a small plane. With the country being …
Why I’ll never fly US Airways again
Why I’ll never fly US Airways again Update: US Airways no longer exists. What a surprise. I make it a point to try to never connect through the US when going somewhere. There are just too many …