Some excellent shots you’ve taken!

I am meeting up with a friend in Budapest who is flying Wizz-Air from Luton two days before I depart with British Airways from Heathrow.

Long way to go to connect. Whats wrong with LHR or AMS. I dont like Emirates but I do like the original and still the best Gulf Air. I used to like their Tristars!

Connections are not always necessary because an alternative airline may offer direct services.

On the other hand, a flight which is not direct can often cost less and is ideal for those who want to stretch their legs half way into their long flight to the Far East for example. Whilst on holiday, I came across many people who had flown with Emirates from their local airports, connecting in Dubai. Since this is the base for Emirates, a connection here is the only possible option.

I am also a fan of the current colour scheme.

I’m not so keen on the squared divide between the white and grey parts of the fuselage though. I think that choosing either one or the other for the colour of the aircraft would be better, but taking such an approach would make it look incredibly similar to the current colours.

Indeed – take the old terminal at Palma, no air conditioning, inadequate and broken seating, dirty toilets…nostalgia ain’t what it used to be.

You want to count yourself lucky that you even have toilets!

Heathrow Terminal 1’s Domestic Departure lounge doesn’t have many. I stopped off for quick pee in July at the only toilet I could find. Although they were clean, there were just two toilets. Needless to say, there was a rather large queue to join.

A fantastic assortment of shots.

I see you also captured my boat parked up 😉 I wish!

Here in Hong Kong, all our air bridges have two doors. One for first and Business and the other for economy. A great idea.

Every time I have flown with Thai, they have used these airbridges which split in two about half way down – one entrance for First/Business Class and the other for Economy.

After our late arrival with Thai into Heathrow back in April, I was very surprised to see that we parked up at a remote parking stand and steps were used. With just one exit is use and me being sat just three or four rows from the back, I was anything but happy! I took about 25 minutes to offload all 400(ish) passengers.

Very nice.

I saw most of those aircraft/airlines the week before last. In particular, the Varig MD-11, Flight Line 146, JAL 772 etc.

Yeah right, of course you don’t.

Having a biased opinion isn’t nice is it!

Why on earth are you questioning me about bias? It was not me that annoyed you by making some upsetting remark in an earlier post.

You’ve clearly had a rowdy passenger today. Why not take an early night?

I’m currently studying for a degree as well… certainly not to become an Air Steward either.