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All tagged Aircraft/A350
About the time Korean Air award space became available the news of Starlux flying to a couple Asian destinations in preparation for their A350 service to Los Angeles was announced. Tokyo was one of them. Could I make it work?
When SAS announced their initial A350 route and it was Chicago, I immediately searched for reward flights
The 3rd leg of 4 to rate who has the best trans Atlantic A350 service. This on Virgin Atlantic’s new A350-1K with a new (for them) business class seat.
In late 2019 I booked 4 trips on A350s to/from Europe to see which I liked best. The first was Air France’s A350-9 from Toronto to Paris. This trip was a return back to North American which happened to be Toronto as well on British Airway’s A350-1k.
This trip began the European carrier A350 tour. A350’s to be flown over this and two subsequent trips are; Air France, British Airways, Virgin Airways and SAS. And what better way to begin than to tour the Airbus factory!
I did find a steal business class fare on Hong Kong Airlines for $178. And it was on an A350. Sign me up.
This flight would the first from Singapore to San Francisco using the A350ULR.
Knowing Delta's intentions were to replace the 747's with their new Airbus A350, I set another aircraft change alert.
While in Taiwan, when the opportunity to fly on this aircraft presented itself, I didn't hesitate.
for a fleeting moment I considered changing my flight to one leaving later in the day. Then sensibility cut through the jet lag brain fog.
Hey dummy, tomorrow you're flying on a new Cathay Pacific A350.
It doesn't get any better than this. At least I can't image a better all around flight for the price. You be the judge.
Many might think it odd to fly half way around the world just to fly in a plane for 35 minutes, but the enthusiasts are jealous
