Turkish Airlines flies their 777 nonstop from Istanbul to New York. I'll probably win the award for slowest trip report written, but this is the conclusion to my earlier report from 13 months ago. I've typed up a few of my notes, but I'll mostly let the pictures speak for themselves.

After my free tour of Istanbul I returned to the Istanbul airport. Security was quick and I made my way back to the Turkish Airlines Business Class lounge. With a few hours before my flight I decided to ...

Part 1 – Introduction Part 2 – AA 167 JFK-NRT 777 Purportedly First Class; Narita Express Part 3 – Visiting Tokyo in 1970: Hotel Okura Part 4 – NH 1161 HND-GMP 777 Economy: Wow!  So this is what they have back here? Part 5 – Hotel on a Hill: Grand Hyatt Seoul Part 6 – KE 85 ICN-JFK A380 Business Class Part 7 – Conclusion

With my meetings in Tokyo (successfully) concluded, it was time this morning to travel onward to Seoul.

The night before my morning flight to ...

Introduction

American Airlines Economy - Kansas City/Chicago/Shanghai

Grand Hyatt Shanghai

For a person that normally flies United, it was a real shock to me that I would have to fly out of a different terminal in Kansas City. At the KC airport, United is in Terminal A, while American is in Terminal C. Since the airport was built around the TWA "drive to your gate" concept, none of the terminals are connected, so each one has their own ...

Looks like some of the changes they hope we are going to like are coming soon. United and Continental will be starting some European Cross-Fleeting. In June 2011 the cross-fleeting on European operation will begin, where some CO routes replaced by UNITED aircraft and vice versa.

Here are the first routes to get upgrades and downgrades:

Newark – Brussels eff 29SEP11 UNITED 777 replace Continental 767-400ER
(Going from 2 ...

I have flown Turkish Airlines (TK) a few times now, mostly short haul flights. I have always been pleased with my experience, and have been happy to get 2 free upgrades as a *G. I was once upgraded in the lounge on a Istanbul to Frankfurt flight it was clear this was an oversold flight and this was an operational upgrade. The second time was a Turkish domestic flight from Istanbul to Antalya, as I was boarding with a LH co-shared boarding pass the agent took some time to look at this pass ...

Back in May, Continental announced plans to begin non-stop service between Houston and Auckland in November 2011 on one their newly-delivered 787-8 aircraft. 

But if you've been reading the news lately, you know that Boeing has, well, run into a few (more) problems with their 787 program. While a 777 or 747 can handle the IAH-AKL route, the bean counters have determined that those aircraft are a bit too large to be profitable so UA is scrapping the route until "sometime in ...