In this review, we’ll look at a short domestic flight between Seoul’s Gimpo Airport and the city of Yeosu, at the southern edge of the Korean peninsula. Welcome aboard Korean Air Flight KE 1331.
Category Archives: Business Class
Lounge Report: Korean Air’s KAL Lounge, Gimpo Airport Domestic Terminal (GMP)
In this review, we’ll take a look at Korean Air’s lounge in the domestic terminal of Gimpo Airport: the main hub for flights operating between Seoul and local destinations. Welcome to the KAL Lounge.
Flight Report: MNL-HKG on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 934 (22 January 2020)
The Manila-Hong Kong route is one of the busiest at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA code: MNL), and Cathay Pacific (IATA code: CX) carries a good chunk of the premium-passenger traffic between the two cities. Today, we’ll see what it’s like to travel in Business Class on this short but important transport link – andContinue reading “Flight Report: MNL-HKG on Cathay Pacific Flight CX 934 (22 January 2020)”
Lounge Report: Cathay Pacific Lounge, NAIA Terminal 3 (MNL T3)
Cathay Pacific (IATA code: CX) is one of the busier tenants of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (IATA code: MNL), operating multiple flights each day between here and its main Hong Kong hub. In light of the business CX generates in the Philippines, it’s not difficult to see why they’ve decided to invest in theirContinue reading “Lounge Report: Cathay Pacific Lounge, NAIA Terminal 3 (MNL T3)”
Flight Report: MNL-NRT on PR 428
There are times when a good onboard experience makes up (at least in part) for less-than-satisfactory service on the ground, and might just spell the difference between a disaster and a merely unpleasant interlude. This was one such occasion.
Lounge Report: PR “Mabuhay Lounge”, MNL
I had originally booked myself into economy class for my flight to Japan, but a reasonably priced over-the-counter, one-way upgrade offer at check-in brought me back into the forward cabin – and, before the flight, into Philippine Airlines’ newly renovated lounge.
Lounge + Flight Report: CX “The Pier” Business Class Lounge, HKG – & – HKG-MNL on CX 905
Where Diego enters, sits, and leaves. (That’s the lounge part.) And then enters, sits, and leaves. (That’s the flight part.) Yep, that’s pretty much it.
Flight Report: HND-HKG on CX 549
Where Diego sinks into Cathay’s uber-comfortable long-haul seat for a second time, can’t eat the appetizer, and orders sweet wine to go with his mixed nuts.
Lounge Report: JL “Sakura Lounge”, HND
Where Diego settles into a comfy seat, enjoys a great view, and gulps down a glass of one of his favourite beverages for the first time in more than four years. (Yes, four long years. I’ll tell you the whole story shortly.)
Flight Report: HKG-KIX on CX 566
Where Diego parks himself in Cathay Pacific’s new long-haul business class seat on a regional flight from Hong Kong to Ōsaka.
Within striking distance 