Yes! Here I am in the capital of Ecuador, Quito. I made it safely after five flights and managed to finally put my head to pillow after waking up at 430am Sunday morning after around 40 hours. I had to decide not to go out and celebrate the simply astonishing win of the premiership by …
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Airline Review – Tiger Air
Melbourne to Cairns Return. Months ago now I booked tickets with Tiger Air to head to Cairns this July. The principal reason was actually to see a football game, but I took four nights as it’s the middle of winter and Cairns is in the tropical north of Australia and it would serve as a …
Air Crash Investigation Classic – Qantas A380
After I started this series with an utter disaster where the most people died in a single crash in the history of aviation, today I wanted to give you the other side of the story. This is the Qantas flight that basically had an engine explode mid-flight after taking off from Singapore in a brand …
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Seven on Sunday – Budget Airlines
Budget Airlines are an interesting kettle fish, are they not? Fifteen years ago I guess they started up, and today they are everywhere. They are great for the shortish haul flights more than anything. They can get you from A to B really cheaply – if you book on the right day, for the right …
Wednesday Review – Emirates A380
To fly back to Melbourne I took Emirates. It’s been ages since I’ve flown Emirates, but they still run a pretty good airline. I only realised as I booked in that I would be on an A380, my first experience of this behemoth of an aeroplane, so that alone made it all worthwhile. I think …
Wednesday Review – Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand have a pretty good reputation as an airline, and it’s not hard to see why. I recently took Air New Zealand from Sydney, via Auckland, to Rotorua. I took a Boeing from Sydney and a Beech 1900 on the second leg. What can I tell you about the experience? Well, last week …
Rollicking in Rotorua
Hello and Kia Ora from New Zealand! A quick summary of the last few days. 1. I've had no time to blog or keep my diary up to date. 2. Sydney Airport on Tuesday was a nightmare. Can't remember the last time I needed to wait so long to get through customs. The flight to …
Airline Review – Thai Airways
My final airline review for my recent trip to Thailand and Myanmar is here, featuring the only non-budget airline I took, and that is Thai Airways, from Bangkok to Chiang Mai return. I should start by saying how relieved I was to not be on a budget airline this time. Thai Airways surprised me when …
Airline Review – Air Asia Thailand
Back with another review of my time in the sky in my latest jaunt off to South-East Asia. I have flown mostly on Air Asia over the last few years, they are almost always the cheapest airline around Asia and until the crash on the 28th of December last year, a safe airline to fly. …
Review – Jetstar Dreamliner Flight
Howdy all. So now my reviews are moving on to the recent flights I took. I have already ranted and raved about my crappy experience on Jetstar on the way home, sometimes one just needs to get stuff out of one’s system. My experience with the Dreamliner on the flight over to Bangkok, back on …
Andy's World Journeys 