Comments on: Pilot Report: Long Live Air Malta!

By: Earl Robertson

Earl Robertson — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:47:33 +0000

Thanks Patrick… always enjoy your valuable insight

By: Art Knight

Art Knight — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:53:31 +0000

In reply to Art Knight. I meant 68F.

By: Art Knight

Art Knight — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:51:55 +0000

In reply to Josh.

Someone is extremely bored to take that long to say:
It’s about quarter after three. I can’t see anything, it is 4 below zero and pretty windy. And most importantly I’m in Licking County, OH.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 17:44:17 +0000

I’ve had the opposite experience on Icelandair. In their case Economy Comfort seats are billed as being the same type seats as Air Malta with the center seat folded down. However often Icelandair adjusts the relative numbers of First Class/EC/Economy seats and sometimes that involves converting the rear two rows of first class into Economy Comfort by moving the bulkhead. Because I knew this I was able to get a first class seat for the EC price on 3 legs of my most recent Icelandair flight :-).

By: CommenterMan

CommenterMan — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:56:44 +0000

I just returned from a Newark-Hong Kong-Bangalore trip on Cathay Pacific. One of the most efficient and pleasant flight crews I have ever experienced in 30+ years of doing this trip.

I deliberately took the long way around, instead of stopping over in Europe as is usual. The ticket was among the cheapest. The long layovers in Hong Kong allowed for some fast & almost free sightseeing. I must say I was impressed with the city as well .. their public transport made me feel almost ashamed to be American.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:31:48 +0000

In reply to rick. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, the carrier called itself Air Portugal. Its formal name remained the full Transportes Aereos Portugueses, but it said "Air Portugal" right on the side of the plane, and the "T" was deemphasized from the logo. Only recently has the airline gone back to calling itself TAP. I refer to the company as Air Portugal mostly out of habit, but it also helps give the average person some idea of what the heck airline we're talking about.

By: rick

rick — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 21:02:45 +0000

Patric, have been reading you on and off for years and always enjoyed it. It’s unlike you to do this but — the airline is called TAP, short for Transportes Aéreos Portugueses. Not Air Portugal. Thanks for the great read again!

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:15:40 +0000

Hi Rod!,

I spent some 22 years in (Avanchets) GVA before moving to Bienne. Had an excellent view towards RWY 23 especially in winter when the trees were nude…

Malta has always been a destination that I’d like to make, but ho, one thing at a time. Next month will be visiting Warsaw.

Wishing you well, dear chap!

Irish MD-11

By: seb

seb — Sat, 30 May 2015 17:59:50 +0000

In reply to B Taylor.

I used to have to fly (no-one would for fun) Edinburgh-London City on BA a few times a week. On the tiny BAE146 they used into London City, business class amounted to allowing you to sit forward of a curtain hanging down from the oxygen-masks panel. Rather than behind it, you see, which must have made all the difference to your identical seat.

The fitting for this curtain was designed to slide forwards and backwards as required. On it was a hilarious (to me) warning to cabin staff: something like “Do Not Allow Class Divider to Impede Oxygen Supply”.

I took a photo of this obvious satirical comment on British society.

By: justt

justt — Thu, 28 May 2015 12:53:19 +0000

In reply to WildaBeast. Since the business class on short haul US flights is called "first", it's implied that it's somewhat better than business class on short haul european flights