Qantas has today pulled back the covers on the first details and renderings of the new First and Business class cabins that will be fitted to their ‘Project Sunrise’ A350-1000s. These A350s, with these cabins, will be making the long treks from east coast of Australia to far-flung destinations such as New York and London.…
Scoot will get Embraer E190-E2 aircraft from 2024
Scoot has announced it will add Embraer E190-E2 aircraft to its fleet, with the first delivery scheduled for 2024. The low-cost arm of the Singapore Airlines group plans to add nine of the latest variant of Embraer’s regional jets. The plan is for all nine aircraft to be introduced to the fleet by end-2025. Scoot…
Singapore Airlines Enhances Inflight Wi-Fi Offerings
Singapore Airlines has announced an enhancement of its inflight Wi-Fi offerings. As of 1 February, Business Class passengers, PPS Club members and their supplementary card holders can permanently enjoy unlimited inflight Wi-Fi, while KrisFlyer members in Premium Economy and Economy classes get time-based surf plans, of 3h and 2h respectively. These enhancements had been rolled…
Cathay Pacific reopens ‘The Deck’, remainder of global lounges to follow
Cathay Pacific has today announced the reopening of its ‘The Deck’ lounge in Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). ‘The Deck’ joins the already-reopened ‘The Wing’ First and ‘The Pier’ Business. Excitingly, the airline has also announced that the remainder of its lounge globally will reopen before the last quarter of 2023, including the lovely lounge…
Hong Kong Drops Arrival Testing Requirements
Yesterday, I wrote about China’s removal of quarantine for inbound travellers effective 8 January 2023, and how that left Hong Kong with stricter Covid-related entry requirements than China. I speculated that situation wouldn’t last for long and sure enough, Hong Kong will drop all its arrival and post-arrival testing requirements, effective today 29 December 2022.…
China To Remove Quarantine for Inbound Travellers
In a major announcement, China has announced it will remove quarantine for inbound travellers from * January 2023. This follows weeks of gradual easing on local restrictions, as China moves away from its “dyanmic zero” Covid-19 management policy. With this change, inbound travellers will no longer need to quarantine or do any testing after arrival…
Singapore Airlines Adjusts NS2023 Schedule, Adds A380s to Sydney and Melbourne
Singapore Airlines has announced a series of changes to its schedule for 2023. Most of these changes are increasing frequencies to existing destinations with the current aircraft types, but there’s a few noteworthy adjustments. These more interesting changes are the increase in A380 operations to Australia, and a return to Busan (PUS). The changes aren’t…
Hilton To Add Second Conrad in Singapore, Rebranding Regent Singapore
Hilton have officially announced an agreement to open a new Conrad Singapore Orchard. This will be a rebrand of the current Regent Singapore, located at the Tanglin end of Orchard Road. This will the second Conrad in Singapore, after the existing Conrad Centennial Singapore. Interestingly, both properties share the same co-owners, Pontiac Land and Kajima…
What It’s Like to Travel to a Reopened Japan
I just returned from a few days in a reopened Japan. It was a short trip, but honestly, it was just great to get an opportunity to enjoy the great food and hospitality. A lot of things still aren’t back to what it was pre-Covid. Getting into Japan isn’t the most straightforward either, but there…
Finally! Japan has Reopened + Trip Planning
Yesterday, one of the most hotly-anticipated border reopening occurred, as Japan finally resumed allowing individual tourists in, and reinstating visa-free entry for nationals of previously exempt countries pre-Covid. This is great news for many who love travelling to Japan, myself included. In fact, Japan was recently named as the number one country Singaporeans want to…