In March, the United States implemented an electronics ban which affected a total of 8 countries such as Africa, the Middle East Turkey and more. Basically the ban meant passengers couldn’t take devices with them in the cabin if they were larger than their mobile device, Emirates even banned noise cancelling headphones. The ban was […]
On a recent trip to Abu Dhabi, I decided I’d visit the Aerotel transit hotel at Abu Dhabi airport. I had to check-out of the St. Regis Saadiyat Island at 10 am and instead of just sitting all day at the hotel, I made my way to the airport. As I hadn’t slept the night before, I […]
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 […]
After arriving from New York, I had two days in Abu Dhabi which I was really excited about. 90% of my travel is a quick transit and I don’t leave the airport but this time I was going to stay in the city and have a ‘relax’. I’ve stayed at the St. Regis at the Corniche and […]
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 […]
After flying in from London, I had two days to spend in Abu Dhabi before flying to Sydney. In the Middle East, there is a heap of variety, especially with SPG properties. I had visited the St. Regis at the Corniche before and really wanted to stay there so for this trip I knew exactly where to […]
Virgin Australia has today announced it will resume its Sydney to Abu Dhabi flights from September 1. Virgin stopped these flights at the end of last year due to getting their 777 fleet reconfigured with their new business class suites. They originally only flew the Sydney – Los Angeles flights but have now put the […]