A short Scandinavian hop on Europe’s rarest turboprop As I settled into university life in Brighton, around an hour south of London on the UK’s south coast, I began planning a few trips around the continent to take full advantage of my five-month exchange. I had long wanted to visit Scandinavia, and after establishing that […]
Flying with a short-lived challenger to the Australian airline duopoly With the end of Rex’s jet operations seeming all but inevitable thanks to the airline’s imminent appointment of administrators, I’ve decided to drag this trip report out of the drafts. Back in August 2023, Rex Airlines launched their first route to Tasmania with their new(-ish) […]
A combined spotting trip and museum visit before heading home. Having spent just over three weeks in Europe and the UK, it finally came time to fly home, out of Manchester Ringway in the UK’s northwest. The afternoon day prior however, I managed to squeeze in some spotting in the snow and a visit to […]
A few hours at the UK’s largest aviation museum Following a few days enjoying East Anglia with my family, including a few failed attempts to go spotting at Norwich Airport, we began a day long drive to the West Midlands, with some well planned aviation stops along the way. With an early start to make […]
A disappointing Western European hop After a half a week in Bern, my family and I were to head to Paris for two nights, and I took the opportunity to book myself with Air France out of Zurich a few months in advance, as it was one of the last A318 routes on the AF […]
Australia to Europe in comfort After four years of delays, cancellations and reschedulings, in late November 2022 I finally got to head off to Europe with my family, the points redemption trip of a lifetime in Singapore Airlines’ Business class. Flight 1 Details Airline Virgin Australia Aircraft Type Boeing 737-800 Registration VH-YQO Route Hobart to […]
Ex-Tigerair Economy Class to Australia’s Western Third I had long wanted to try out Virgin Australia’s Western Australia based subsidiary, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, formerly Skywest, however the airline mainly plies intra-state routes shuttling FIFO workers to mine sites across WA’s limitless interior. Before my flight to Perth however, I had to get to Adelaide, […]
Economy class on what should be Australia’s premier intercity train Way back in April this year, I got to tick one more trip off my bucket list, travelling on Australia’s HST between our two biggest cities before their retirement next year! Flight Details Operator NSW TrainLink Stock Type New South Wales XPT Unit Number 2006/2013 […]
After a near 12 month absence, the Kiwi flag carrier has resumed flying the NZ197/198 rotation Some 11 months and 3 weeks after ceasing Hobart’s first international route since the 1990s, one of Air New Zealand’s six-strong fleet of Airbus A320neos, ZK-NHD touched down at 11:04am with around 140 passengers on board. The resumption of […]
VARA will take over from parent airline Virgin Australia next month From July 29th, operation of Hobart’s longest route will pass to Virgin Australia’s Perth based regional subsidiary, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines, formerly Skywest. The 4 hour and 50 minute flight will be flown by VARA’s seven strong fleet of Airbus A320-200s, most of which […]