The SkyTeam airline alliance member ITA Airways (AZ), the successor to Italy’s flag carrier Alitalia, only started flying on 15 October, 2021, less than a year after having been founded. As with many new businesses, there was a host of issues that had to be sorted out in the beginning; these issues included applying for […]
Wizz Air Adds Historic Destination in Uzbekistan
Abu Dhabi is now connected to one of the Silk Road network’s most famous destinations. Since 13 December, Hungary-based Wizz Air, through its United Arab Emirates hub, has been flying its Airbus A321Neo aircraft to Samarkand, Uzbekistan every Tuesday and Saturday; starting on 1 January 2023, this route will go to three days a week, […]
United Has Vast Plans for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner
My history with United Airlines and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner started off with a thud, which considering the circumstances, was the better end of that thud-bang spectrum. A few days after its inaugural Denver DEN to Tokyo NRT flight, I happened to be on that route (one of my aviation goals has been to connect Tokyo […]
Jonathan’s No Work All Travel Joins BoardingArea
Hi everyone, I’m Jonathan, the lone voice behind No Work All Travel. Although I had been writing on-and-off about food and travel for years, it was only in 2020 when I finally decided to start No Work All Travel. Particularly during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when potential travel plans were delayed indefinitely, it […]
Wednesday’s Who’s Who of Airport Names, Part 8: Anne de Gaulle
In 2021, Paris, France’s Charles de Gaulle (airport code: CDG) airport was the 5th busiest in the world for total number of international passengers (bear in mind that #1 Dubai DXB and #3 Amsterdam AMS operate in countries without domestic scheduled commercial flights). Sure, many countries had more draconian COVID-19 rules in effect for much […]
VietJet Air Starting Flights from Vietnam’s Fourth Largest City to Bali, Indonesia
Originally, I was thinking of beginning this post’s title with “All About the Beach:.” But this new route isn’t merely about connecting one famous beach town in the northern hemisphere with another famous beach spot in the southern hemisphere. Oh, no. According to aeroroutes.com, starting on 16 December of this year, on four days each […]
Ethiopian Airlines Starts Flights to Its Third Destination in Zimbabwe
Although I have been to Bulawayo, Ethiopian Airlines‘ third destination in Zimbabwe, unfortunately I don’t have any photos of it. After a bizarre hitchhiking adventure from Masvingo, the home of the Great Zimbabwe historical site — and origin of the name of the country — I made it to the Holiday Inn at around 3am. After a quick walk around […]
Traffic, Dhaka-Style: The World’s Rickshaw Capital (Bangladesh)
Traffic is one of those detestable facts of life that seems to follow you, no matter where you go. Whether it’s waiting on line at a market, inhaling exhaust from the cars during rush hour, or you’re trying to buy a pair of limited edition Super Mario Bros. shoes on the Puma website right after […]
