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"I was just sitting here minding my own business, and then suddenly this 737 just jumped right in front of me!" (the airbridge, probably)

Nice one. Long time since I've seen a Kookaburra, or a Kingfisher, or gliders of that generation. My own first solo was a little more boring - in the very vanilla Blanik... Fun times though 😁

Still not possible. Transfer counters at the East & West Concourses in BKK are for getting boarding passes issued, changing flights, general info - there's no facility airside to check a bag. You must clear immigration and head up to the 4th Floor to the check-in counters, landside, if you want...

During my working life, I ended up in some rather remote (dare I say exotic) groups of islands over the years: the Montebello Islands (northwest WA), Palawan/Coron (SW Philippines), and more recently - the Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea, south coast of Myanmar. So there we are. The...

Crikey, how long ago was that?!

Reporting in from Myanmar. Earthquake was unusually strong and long down here in Yangon - so we knew it was big before we knew where the epicentre was. Some updates: Both Mandalay (MDL/VYMD) and Naypyitaw (NYT/VYNT) Airports have suffered significant damage to infrastructure and will be closed...

For OP - the Novotel mentioned is Novotel Citygate, in Tung Chung just near HKIA Stayed there a number of times, good hotel and attached to Citygate mall, adjacent to MTR Tung Chung

Given this is an Australian forum... I think this is suitably appropriate, and of high culture. With suitable respect to the D Generation... (volume up)

I flew to Rome last year with Finnair from Bangkok (BKK-HEL-FCO return) I had a certain allowance for economy travel from the company (quoted from the cheapest ME carrier) , and with that amount I was able to instead purchase a Business Light fare myself with Finnair with room to spare. As per...

Nice one. I use the BKK-HKG fifth freedom route regularly as I live in Myanmar and Bangkok is my main hub. Had a look - no fares loaded yet (still subject to regulatory approval) but I am keen to see what the fares are like between Bangkok and Siem Reap or Da Nang, out of interest.

Flying J (OP) gives access to the dedicated Fast Track lanes at the western end of the terminal, and there is rarely any queue. Even the normal security and immigration areas have seen a lot of improvement over the past year - along with e-gates being rolled out this year. I haven't spent more...

For the transit points, both work fine for nesting some kind of separate booking-type-thing (as you well put it). From your post, it seems you're assuming you will need to clear into KUL or BKK landside, then check-in again for the onward flight? (and vv?) Con for KUL - assuming arrival to the...

It does! Emirates shifted their airside presense from the main concourse (Lounge at G, Gates at E4, E8) to the new-ish SAT-1 concourse, a subterranean APM ride away - on 2nd January 2025 Lounge space is considerably larger, but still a single use Biz/First affair. First review was posted...

Says the SIN-BKK and BKK-SIN legs will still operate though?

Have cast my votes - but I am still coming to terms with OP's reference to 'kettle class' in the opening post 😁

I've never done a route launch/inaugural destination flight before. This popped up the other day, Yangon to Da Nang - its a late afternoon flight, so I can leave work a bit early. I also need to be at work the next day. Never been to Vietnam, even after many years in SE Asia as an expat...

I travel very frequently on local ATR72 aircraft (I'm not in Oz) for domestic routes. As its a rear only door, I always book the back row for the usual reasons of first on first off. Oddly enough, if you want to pre-book seats on these flights, they still charge more for the front rows...

Previous experience with an SQ flight from SIN to PER (although not recently) Fully boarded, NEARLY fully boarded, and on time - but delayed due to no-show pax. Flight crew announced offloading of baggage, we could see the equipment and crew rock up outside. Cue sounds of cargo doors clunking...

Australian Expat living in Myanmar, here. Have seen a few mentions of Myanmar/Burma. - Is Myanmar a country currently experiencing armed conflict every day? Yes. - Is Myanmar a country you can actually visit as a tourist even now? Yes. - If you visit as a foreign national tourist, will you be...

Putting Flight Formula in to the mix as one of the youtubers I quite enjoy watching, since the alogorithms had him on the list some months back. Homegrown Aussie, very down to earth, does some great research too on airline and aviation history - very informative. There's some gif/memes that pop...