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Turkish Airlines’ non-stop Australia flights pushed back to 2027
Jun 16, 2026, 09:32 AMThis delay is unfortunate, as the current flight from Sydney to Istanbul with the stopover in KL is far from ideal in a number of respects all resulting from the necessity to break the flight in KL. I will wait for the nonstop flight before using Turkish Airlines again on this route.
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France may ban child-free business class on trains
Jan 30, 2026, 03:22 PMAnd ban the use of mobile phones, which is usually a noise problem with (very) much older "children"!Perhaps a solution would be to have 2 first class carriages: one for passengers with children, the other for those without.This is not a new issue, since some years ago it was raised as a problem ...
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Sydney Airport now has fixed flat-rate $60 taxi fares
Sep 15, 2025, 02:24 PMOK if your destination is the CBD (postcode 2000), but of little relevance for elsewhere in the "city". Paris has different rates depending on whether you are travelling to the right or left bank of the Seine (within the peripherique). Hopefully, if the trial is a success, it will be extended to ...
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Pet-friendly flights: Virgin to allow dogs, cats in plane cabins
Feb 12, 2025, 02:45 PMAgree, a classic abuse of statistical sampling theory. So I conducted my own survey with a sample of 1 (me!). Not surprisingly, the result was 100% in favour of no animals on flights. The same conclusion when I doubled the sample size (me again!).
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Qantas Project Sunrise: A350 order, routes, everything you need to know
May 01, 2022, 06:03 PMHaving done the Darwin to London flight last week, I think that the entire menu needs a serious rethink. The standard Perry menu doesn't cut it for such a long journey. Or perhaps a new QF chef to honour the new project.
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Paris CDG Transfer to City
Jul 16, 2022, 12:50 PMCurrent rates from CDG are 58 euros to Rive Gauche, 53 euros to Rive Droit. I agree with Sibelius; use a taxi, hire cars are unnecessary. Same rates on return, with lower fixed fares to/from Paris-Orly. The trip can often run into very heavy traffic, so if you return to CDG by road leave sufficie...
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Masks on planes
May 31, 2022, 05:02 AMFFP2 masks mandatory in Italy on flights and internal trains until 16 June. The policy is rigorously enforced. Applies to all flights entering or departing irrespective of source or destination. A small price to pay to get to Sorrento!