We're continuing Review 2019 today, with a look at the top 20 posts published over the year. However, I'm not revealing the hard numbers - I'm instead going to go by category of what you've been reading. Passenger Experience Lufthansa Rolls out Hand Baggage fares on its long-haul network - Well, we all knew this was coming a mile off as airlines seek to charge more money … [Read more...]
REVIEW 2018: My year in review – and a year of improvements
I’m taking a look back at my travels this year and asking myself questions about Passenger Experience Highs and Lows. Because I seem to have picked up some interesting experiences both in the front and the back of the plane this year. Let’s do the numbers and a map: Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper – copyright © Karl L. Swartz … [Read more...]
REVIEW 2018 – September to December
It's time to dive into the year in review, and pick out some highlights, lowlights and everywhere in between in the year, this time looking between September to the end of December. Like the weekly updates, I've gone through some of the choicer articles, with some one line insight. September Flybe goes through another rebrand… - although this won't be the … [Read more...]
REVIEW 2018 – May to August
It's time to dive into the year in review, and pick out some highlights, lowlights and everywhere in between in the year. This time, we're going back in time to May, through to the end of August. Like the weekly updates, I've gone through some of the choicer articles May Not so long now for the Qantas Boeing 747 fleet... KLM to offer Douwe Egberts coffee on … [Read more...]
Airplane Art Special: A visit to the control tower of Heathrow Airport
As part of US National Aviation Day last week, as part of the tour I was on of Heathrow Airport, I was granted a special visit to somewhere you don't go to normally. And that is the control tower at Heathrow Airport American Airlines Boeing 777 being towed with Heathrow Tower in the background - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The structure itself is tall at 87 metres … [Read more...]
2014 in Review – From a personal perspective
I've released the news and headline review of 2014 in four different articles. However, what did my 2014 shake out like in the end? Not that hot, but a reasonable year for personal paid travel for me. Miles flown: 42660 Airports: 15 New Airports: Paris Orly Segments flown: 24 First: 2 Business: 5 Premium Economy: 1 Economy/Monoclass - … [Read more...]
