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Photos: Boeing’s groovy Tiger Lounge in the belly of the 747

Sep 09, 2021, 03:42 PM

I remember the rear lounge area on the Viscounts. Well used when returning from Port Hedland to Perth in the 60s.And I could have sworn seeing a small library area on one of the first Pan Am 747s to visit Sydney in the early 70s, but I’ve never seen any photos showing this.
Fiji gears up for the return of international tourists

Sep 08, 2021, 08:32 PM

Love to get back to the Yasawas and the Blue Lagoon. Have great memories sitting on the balcony, drinking wine and watching the sun sink into the sea.
Virgin Atlantic’s new A350s have a private business class dining booth

Sep 03, 2021, 02:30 PM

Surprised at the J seat reduction. Would have expected more leisure folks choosing to fly J these days.
Air New Zealand to retire Boeing 777-300s, move to all-787 fleet

Aug 27, 2021, 08:48 PM

Still prefer Air NZ when flying to NZ from Perth as it’s a non-stop flight to Auckland, but hate the current J seats. And it’s painful to see couples caught out when they book A and B seats.
Cathay Pacific’s new Boeing 777-9 first, business class in development

Aug 18, 2021, 02:26 PM

Still love the Cirrus layout for long-distance trips. May be difficult for Cathay to better this layout.

Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?

Apr 23, 2019, 02:55 PM

Meant to add that sleeping tablets seem to reset the body clock a lot faster.
Frequent flyers, what sleeping pills do you use and recommend?

Apr 23, 2019, 02:53 PM

Believe depends on flight class. When flying for work long distances in economy, used to take prescription sleeping tablets so that I could be effective the next day, but there were noticeable side effects. Now that I'm travelling in Business for leisure, one or two Restavits do the trick.
When does Qantas release frequent flyer seats?

Jan 07, 2019, 04:14 PM

Also recommend phoning Qantas at exactly the time, or slightly before, the seats are released, as popular routes seats are snapped up very quickly, sometimes within the first few minutes of their release.
Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?

Aug 18, 2017, 02:14 PM

Hmm - according to the April SMH article, with a revised range of 9700 nm, it looks like the ULR could make SYD-LHR in a single hop. Interesting.
Qantas to convert remaining A380 orders to A350-900ULR?

Aug 18, 2017, 02:09 PM

I believe that's a key question - can the ULR version fly direct SYD-LHR?