• Airport Lounge Report:  Skyview Lounge, MNL Terminal 3

    Airport Lounge Report: Skyview Lounge, MNL Terminal 3

    Terminal 3 (T3) of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) can be a depressingly bland place in which to wait for a flight. Fortunately, it’s got a separate lounge floor with no less than three third-party facilities to choose from, in addition to lounges run directly by airlines. Today, we’ll have a look at one…

  • Terminal Report:  Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) T3, Metro Manila, Philippines

    Terminal Report: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) T3, Metro Manila, Philippines

    Terminal 3 (T3) is the newest and largest of the four terminals at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL). That said, its partly unfinished state and the appropriation of nearly half the entire building for domestic flights continue to hobble efforts aimed at raising the quality of its operations to global standards. In this report,…

  • Flight Report:  ICN-MNL on Korean Air Flight KE 649 (06 February 2019)

    Flight Report:  ICN-MNL on Korean Air Flight KE 649 (06 February 2019)

    Korean Air (KE) did an excellent job in bringing me from Manila to Seoul on KE 624, and they followed with a successful onward transit to Busan on KE 1401. Now let’s see if they can finish the itinerary – my first with this airline, by the way – on a high note by returning…

  • Terminal Report:  Incheon International Airport (ICN) T2, Seoul, South Korea

    Terminal Report: Incheon International Airport (ICN) T2, Seoul, South Korea

    I’ve used Incheon International Airport (ICN) many times when flying to or out of Korea. However, until a few weeks ago, all of the airlines I’ve travelled with were assigned to Terminal 1. This year, I gave my business to flag carrier Korean Air (KE) for the very first time, which in turn gave me…

  • Rail-Air Report:  The Seoul Station City Airport Terminal and the A’REX Train to Incheon Airport, South Korea

    Rail-Air Report: The Seoul Station City Airport Terminal and the A’REX Train to Incheon Airport, South Korea

    Seoul, the bustling capital of South Korea, is a popular destination for tourism and business alike. Unfortunately, that same popularity often leads to a fair bit of queuing at its main gateway, Incheon International Airport (IATA code: ICN). Today, we’ll try to beat the queues by checking in for our flight before we even leave…

Quote of the week

"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."

~ Rogers Hornsby