All of our airlines in Australia right now are facing events I never even thought I’d see in my lifetime and it’s pretty crazy to think about. So far, Virgin, Qantas and Jetstar have announced that they will be severely dropping routes which means a lot of aircraft will be sitting not being utilised. Due […]
As I’m based in Brisbane, this is my home airport and one I’m incredibly fond of. I’ve spent a lot of time at this place, even if I wasn’t flying somewhere, I’d be happy to spend hours upon hours at the airport spotting aircraft and watching day to day operations. As time goes on, airports […]
Brisbane Airport first announced plans for their brand new runway way back in 2005 and the final go ahead was given to the airport in 2007. Construction for the 3.3 kilometre runway started in 2012 and required clearing of 360 hectares of space, place 11 million cubic metres of sand on that area and install […]
The architecture and buildings in Dubai are just incredible. Home to the world’s tallest free-standing structure, biggest shopping mall, the world’s only 7-star hotel and finally, home to the world’s busiest airport by international passenger traffic. Funnily enough, I’ve only flown through Dubai twice but have visited many times, it’s one interesting and incredible place […]
Brisbane Airport has been named both the best airport and having the best airport staff in the Pacific region at the Skytrax award ceremony held in Amsterdam. Overall the airport scored 16th in the best airports of the world, fantastic effort. As a comparison here are some other major Pacific airports and what they were […]
Well, this isn’t surprising… Abu Dhabi’s new Midfield terminal is now set to open in 2019, 2 years late as it was supposed to be opening in September of this year. The new terminal has definitely had its problems thus far, the reason for the delay is due to the company who was building the […]
If you’re a frequent reader on the blog you’ll probably notice how many posts I write on asian carriers staring services to Sydney, well soon there are going to be a whole lot more of them. Sydney aiport have signed a bilateral agreement to allow Chinese carriers unlimited capacity to cater for the extrememly fast […]
I don’t often like to share main news articles because the accuracy can be way off and exaggerated. However, this is a story that makes you go WTF. So apparently Melbourne Airport has a fuel shortage, and they have been rationing it between flights since yesterday and it’s gotten that bad that flights are having […]
Qatar Airways is known for doing some weird and wonderful things but this one took it to another level. Per DOHA NEWS Qatar’s airport has a new theme song, and the country’s national carrier has just released a beautifully-shot video of it. The anthem, called The Beginning, is the result of a collaboration between local singer-songwriter […]
It may be old news however the Plaza Premium lounge in Brisbane has become part of Priority Pass. This actually happened August 10th. For those who don’t know, Priority Pass is the largest independent lounge access program. No matter what airline you’re flying you can get access but a lounge has to be part of […]