Trip Reports

Trip Report: Chasing Cubana’s Ilyushin Il-96

Preparations: planning around a moving target I first visited Cuba in 2021 and, like many aviation enthusiasts, I immediately tried...

January 28, 2026 Sebastian Arndt 594

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Trip Report: Swiss Business Class From New York To Geneva (JFK-GVA)

Flight Details Airline:  Swiss Flight Number: LX23 Aircraft: Airbus A-330 Seat: 14D Departure Date:  July 18th, 2025 Gate Departure: 7:32pm...

August 29, 2025 John Cushma 1388

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Trip Report: Shanghai to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific

Booking After spending the better half of 2022 in Shanghai, it was time for me to return to home base...

August 18, 2022 Sean Burris 1352

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Trip Report: A Visa-free Yakovlev

In early 2019, I began planning how I would finally fly on a Yakovlev Yak-42.  I had previously flown on...

June 11, 2022 Sean Burris 1441

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Trip Report: Flying the Last Airbus A340-200 with Air Leisure

In late 2015, after EgyptAir had retired their last Airbus A340-200, I began to realize that I was running out...

June 4, 2022 Sean Burris 1377

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Trip Report: A Flight to Nowhere – HK Express’ Flycation

Since the pandemic began in 2020, Hong Kong’s inbound and outbound traveler numbers as well as its entire tourism sector...

May 31, 2022 Sean Burris 1338