First of all, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, and keep warm! Earlier this month, Mexican Low-Cost Carrier Viva Aerobus (airline code VB) added two new nonstop destinations from Mérida, the capital of Yucatán state, and the largest city in the Yucatán peninsula. (link in Spanish) Mérida, located in one of the hotter parts in the country, […]
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Lounge Review: Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge, Tokyo Narita (NRT), Japan
Advertiser Disclosure: noworkalltravel.com earns an affiliate commission for anyone making a purchase through some links available on this website. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. For more information, please visit the Advertising and Privacy Policy page. COVID-19 pandemic measures aren’t doing Tokyo Narita’s Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge any favors. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Breeze Adding Two New Routes from San Francisco Next Month
Breeze Airways, the 3-year old U.S.-based carrier founded by serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, will start two new flights out of San Francisco next month. On 4 August, inaugural flight MX603 will hit the skies in Provo, Utah (airport code PVU) at 08:30, landing in San Francisco (SFO) at around 09:35. Then, after a quick 35-minute stopover, […]
