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) […]
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 […]
Flying up the pointy end back home to Tassie After a whirlwind 12 hours in Melbourne with my friend, checking out the sights and sounds (and Aldi!) it was time to head back home to Tassie, and test out Virgin Australia 2.0’s Business Class for the first time. Flight Details Airline Virgin Australia Aircraft Type […]
An early morning jaunt to Australia’s culture capital Earlier this month I made my first trip of 2022, a day trip to Melbourne, beginning with a very early morning QantasLink 717 to Tullamarine. You can check out my previous QantasLink 717 trip report here. Flight Details Airline QantasLink Aircraft Type Boeing 717-200 Registration VH-NXE Aircraft […]
Hong Kong’s flag carrier has resumed the service for the summer, with new aircraft After the success of the flights over the 2020/2021 summer season, Hong Kong based Cathay Pacific have resumed the service via Melbourne for the 2021/2022 summer. with at least 35 flights up to January 31st to be operated in conjunction with […]
Flying on the last of the Maddogs back home After flying up the morning prior on a Rex Saab 340, and a day of sightseeing & planespotting it was time for me to fly back home, this time on board a QantasLink Boeing 717-200. My first time in many years on a 717, having previously […]
Flying via King Island on the Saab 340 With Covid completely under control in Australia, a week and a bit ago I decided to take the opportunity to travel interstate for the first time in two and a half years. Having flown in and out of Hobart, Launceston, Burnie, Cape Barren, and Flinders, the logical […]
Upper deck on the Super Jumbo! My first post of 2021 was supposed to be a REX Saab 340 trip report, however the re-emergence of COVID community transmission in Melbourne forced a last minute cancellation of the trip, so hopefully yet another SIA trip report isn’t too boring! To better reflect my schedule, I have […]
Taking a Triple Seven to the Garden City The second leg on our trip to Europe, back in 2018, was MEL-SIN on board Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 777-300ER (9V-SWW), my first flight on the triple seven. I took loads of pictures, and kept a lot of stuff from this flight, so this trip report will be […]
Heading to Tullamarine on the Baby Boeing Back in July 2018 my family and I headed off on a whirlwind trip to the UK and Europe, our first leg was Hobart to Melbourne on Virgin Australia’s Boeing 737-800, VH-YFG. I’d like to apologise in advance for the poor photo quality, the camera I was using […]