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Air Canada Express uses a fleet of dozens of Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s on short hops around the country. One of the routes it uses the aircraft on is from Edmonton to Calgary which I had a chance to try during my recent trip to Yellowknife. Continue reading this review to see what the 30-minute […]

After spending a few days in Yellowknife, it was time to continue my around-the-Northern-Hemisphere trip and head to my next destination – Vienna, Austria. Doing so involved four flights the first of which was a short hop down from Yellowknife to Edmonton on an Air Canada Express CRJ-900. Continue reading to see what the economy

In June 2023, I took a trip from Taipei to Japan. This time I flew to Naha on the delightful Japanese island of Okinawa. With a scheduled duration of around one and a half hours, I flew on what is currently Starlux’s shortest flight. The airline operated its first flight in January 2020 and since

While WestJet has been operating long-haul flights from Calgary to Europe for quite some time now, in May 2023, they launched their first Asian destination – Tokyo. I had a chance to fly on the flight from Tokyo to Calgary a week after the launch as part of my trip to Yellowknife. Continue reading to

For a long time, I was intrigued by Fuji Dream Airlines – a relatively small Japanese domestic airline operating an all-Embraer fleet on flights primarily from Nagoya Komaki and Shizuoka to airports around the country. While a couple of years ago I had a chance to interview their COO for an article about the airline

With non-stop flights between Tokyo and Seoul having no award availability when I needed to go, I ended up flying from Tokyo to Fukuoka and then on to Seoul during my recent trip to Korea. The second flight, from Fukuoka to Seoul, was operated by Asiana Airline’s Airbus A321neo. Continue reading this review to see

Over the last few years, ANA’s fleet of Airbus A321neos has grown to over 20 airframes. The airline uses them exclusively on domestic flights and they can be seen on routes connecting Tokyo with smaller cities around Japan as well as on routes between those smaller cities. That said, they also operate some of the

Starlux operated its first flight in January 2020 and since then has been growing its fleet of Airbus aircraft and its network. Starlux currently serves various destinations in Asia, including Japan, Malaysia, Macau, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. From April 2023, Starlux will also operate its first long-haul route, to Los Angeles, USA, using

After a decade of operating an all-Airbus A320 fleet, Jetstar Japan put its first Airbus A321LR into operation on July 1, 2022. While I originally booked a seat on the aircraft’s inaugural flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka, I eventually had to skip the flight due to other commitments. I rebooked the flight a couple of