The old, the new, and something in between with Qantas - Part 2
Welcome to the second part of my trip report. This will cover my return flight from Sydney to Singapore via Perth. If you missed my outbound flight from Singapore to Sydney please click the link below.
http://forums.jetphotos.net/showthre...art-1-(SIN-SYD)
Background
I have been living in Singapore for the past 2 years and finally got some time off to visit my family and friends back in Sydney. In the months before my trip I did a comprehensive search to find the perfect combination of when I am free, the airlines and of course price. Late November had the best prices and surprisingly Singapore Airlines was the cheapest full service airline. I booked my leave and once that was approved a few days later I went to book my flights. To my disappointment SQ had increased their prices by $300. Time to find a plan B. After considering...
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Trip Report: Trying to try Qantas' new economy! Part 2 (SYD-PER-SIN)
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The old, the new, and something in between with Qantas - Part 1
Hi, and welcome to this journey on Qantas!
Part 1 will contain details from the journey from Singapore to Sydney. Part 2 will soon follow with details from my return flight.
Background I have been living in Singapore for the past 2 years and finally got some time off to visit my family and friends back in Sydney. In the months before my trip I did a comprehensive search to find the perfect combination of when I am free, the airlines and of course price. Late November had the best prices and surprisingly Singapore Airlines was the cheapest full service airline. I booked my leave and once that was approved a few days later I went to book my flights. To my disappointment SQ had increased their prices by $300. Time to find a plan B. After considering all my options I finally settled with Qantas, as I wanted to try out their new seats on their refurbished A330’s. Qantas was also the cheapest “... -
Introducing the 'sky-couch' from Air New Zealand
Firstly, the pictures (at the article's site) very well show how the seating converts and how comfortable it looks. Simply, great idea - although, I assume that this will be offered in Premium Economy and not in regular economy class. Either way, very well done on Air New Zealand's part. I can't wait to see the 773ERs!!!... -
Theory of "Plane Crashes"
I just came back from my Egypt trip, and I went through four flights. It was during these flights that I was reminded of the recent plane crashes. Here are the run-downs of the most recent crashes:
June 30, 2009 - A Yemen Airways aircraft carrying a total of 153 people crashes in the waters of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.
June 1, 2009 - An Air France Airbus A330-200 jetliner carrying 228 people crashes over the Atlantic. 51 bodies and 600 pieces of wreckage are recovered before the search for survivors is called off on June 26.
May 20, 2009 - An Indonesian C130 military transport plane carrying 110 passengers and crew crashes and bursts into flames 6.5 km from the Iswahyudi air force base in East Java while preparing to land, killing 98 people including two on the ground.
15 July, 2009 - Caspian Airlines is completely destroyed in the crash Jannatabad, Iran. All 153 passengers and 15 crew members were killed. Among...
