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After a leisurely lunch at Rydges Sydney Airport’s Touchdown Bar we made the short walk to the international terminal to check-in for our flight.
Continue reading “2018 – Part 37 – Flight Report Sydney to Auckland”
The Thursday morning that we were leaving Tasmania, I woke up to an unexpected text message. It was from Air New Zealand — our carrier for our Australia/New Zealand flights that we had coming up on Monday (4 days away!). It was not encouraging news.
Our time in Tasmania had come to its end. After returning our rental car and a short shuttle ride we were at the airport. What a cute little airport!
Continue reading “2018 – Part 30 – Flight Report: Hobart to Melbourne”
The complimentary airport shuttle provided by our hotel dropped us off at the central drop-off/pick-up area for Melbourne (Tullamarine) International Airport. From there it was short walk to Terminal 4 where domestic Jetstar flights operate.
We took the first jetway and entered the plane through L1. As we approached our assigned seats I realized we had the crew rest seats. These seats had a curtain behind the window seat and a track for the curtain attached to the overhead luggage compartment.
Our flight attendant greeted us instantly and I was impressed (I’m not happy I missed her name and of purser, read on to find out why). She addressed us individually, crouched to our seated eye-level and talked to us quietly so that other passengers wouldn’t hear us. Class act, and this was within the first 5 minutes of being onboard.
Continue reading “2018 – Part 07 – Garuda Indonesia Business Class CGK-SYD”