My previous flight with Philippine Airlines (PR) left much to be desired where the actual hardware was concerned. But on this occasion, the clean and refreshed interior of the new(ish) aeroplane they used was the perfect setting for an unremarkable flight home. “Unremarkable” in the best possible sense, in that I had nothing to complain…

The subject of this post: an unremarkable flight in a mediocre aeroplane run by a middling airline. I am duty bound to stress, however, that sometimes “unremarkable” is perfectly adequate. This is certainly the case on short routes like the one linking sunny Manila to snow-chilled Seoul, where “unremarkable” is all a non-fussy traveller really…