You may recall my previous flights with Latam, from Johannesburg to São Paulo, onwards to Buenos Aires and thence to Santiago. I'd come to expect okay-ness. Which is fine. Safety most important and all that. Latam's obsession with queuing was much in evidence at SCL airport. The flight was boarding, but only for the 12,000 … Continue reading Flights: LA801 – SCL to AKL, Santiago to Auckland
Arrivals: SCL Airport, Santiago, Chile
I read so much misleading rubbish about Santiago Airport in Chile (SCL for short) that I thought I'd better write up a quick blog post about what it was really like. First off, from arriving quite a bit away from the processing area, it was still less than a five minute walk to the Immigration area. … Continue reading Arrivals: SCL Airport, Santiago, Chile
Flights: Buenos Aires to Santiago (AEP to SCL LA351)
I was ready for the off by the time I got to Aeroparque airport in Buenos Aires. When I'm getting close to travelling, sometimes I'm like "okay, let's get out of here and get on with it" - like I'm anxious to see the new place. Everyone says AEP is only for domestic flights, but … Continue reading Flights: Buenos Aires to Santiago (AEP to SCL LA351)
Flights: São Paulo Transit & Latam GRU to AEP – LAN Ar 7862
Transit in São Paulo International couldn't be easier, never fear! I flew overnight from Johannesburg to GRU and needed to transit within the same terminal (3) for my onward journey to Buenos Aires. Everything was well sign-posted. The airport is very well kept, which can't be said of all South American international terminals (cough, Buenos … Continue reading Flights: São Paulo Transit & Latam GRU to AEP – LAN Ar 7862
Transit: Getting through immigration at AEP Airport and into Buenos Aires – Remis / Car Service
There are guides online about how to take a bus from AEP (Aeroparque Jorge Newbery) or EZE (Ezeiza) airports. There are also numerous warnings about taking the bus, or taxis (illicit or not) - in terms of safety, swapped counterfeit notes, long routes, etc. People are also defensive that these are great methods. I'm sure … Continue reading Transit: Getting through immigration at AEP Airport and into Buenos Aires – Remis / Car Service
Flights: Latam JNB-GRU – Johannesburg to São Paulo (Freezing but good)
After my adventures in Virgin's Upper Class, it was back to reality with a thump and Latam's economy class flight from OR Tambo International to Sāo Paulo International. This was a late night flight leaving at 11.50 pm and due to arrive around 5am into Brazil. I'm used to overnight flights headed EAST (JFK to … Continue reading Flights: Latam JNB-GRU – Johannesburg to São Paulo (Freezing but good)
Flight: Virgin LHR-JNB – London to Johannesburg
Flying Upper Class with Virgin really is a pleasure. The team were hyper-friendly (they could teach some of their grumpier lounge colleagues a lesson or two!). In this post, I'm trying out a new image display (see the tiled format below). I think you can still click through each image if you want to see … Continue reading Flight: Virgin LHR-JNB – London to Johannesburg
