In 1995, KLM set up KLM asia specifically to fly to Taiwan. This was because the Chinese government wouldn’t allow national carriers to fly to both Taiwanese and Chinese destinations. Basically, to capitalize on growing business and tourism demand from both Taiwan and China, a number of airlines set up subsidiaries to appease the mainland; […]
Aviation
Aviation Art: Niigata Airport’s Stained Glass
The Niigata Airport stained glass is some of the coolest artwork I’ve seen outside of a museum. Or a Jakarta underpass. After disembarking from my Sapporo flight and making my way to the Niigata city airport bus stop, I had a few minutes before the bus left. While stretching my legs, I came across this […]
HiSky Starting Nonstop Flights from Romania to the United States
The last time there was a nonstop flight from Romania to the United States was about 15 years ago. At that time, Delta flew during the summers of 2007-2009 from its New York JFK hub. Now with travel on the up and up (and up), a new airline is restarting the long dormant route. Leading […]
Really Cool Airlines
There are some really cool airlines out there. Like totally. (that was painful to write) But I’m not sure about this one: Then again, that copyright year is curiously up-to-date, so let’s learn more about the so-called Really Cool Airlines. Background Last March, Mr. Patee Sarasin, the first and former CEO of Thai low-cost carrier […]
Have You Completed the Airport Alphabet?
As many of us on Boardingarea might concede, I find reading about new airline routes to be quite fun. Coming from the U.S., I get particularly intrigued by forthcoming Mexico routes. And with this news about Queretaro getting new service, it will be even easier to complete the airport alphabet. First, a scoche of background. […]
Airline Meals, Part 1
Looking through photos of the pre-pandemic travel days, I began to feel nostalgic for something unusual…or so I thought, until coming across news of Malaysians being able to order AirAsia meals at Kuala Lumpur malls. Then, in October 2020, I found out about Singapore Airlines catering economy and business class meals to private residences. Folks, […]
Mexicana 2: Electric Boogalu
Speaking of phoenixes, it appears that Mexicana will be taking to the skies by Q4 of this year. Good thing I didn’t include them in this post. But before we get into the latest news, I have fond memories of flying with Mexicana, which was one of the world’s oldest carriers before it went belly-up […]
Never Flying Again
That’s right! These airlines are never flying again. Yes, these carriers once served a purpose, be it skidding off of runways, or skidding back onto runways. Occasionally, they took to the air. Now, their memories for me last only in the form of years-old digital photos taken back when I was a more jittery flier…which, […]
