PlanetPatrick Airlines, Australia, Flights, Round the World, Transit

Transit: Uluru to Alice Springs Qantas QF1940

Uluru Airport is a mini-airport to rival most other mini-airports.  There are two gates that seem to be operational and they both go out through the same door! As you can imagine the security line is pretty short - the only people going through it are 98% definite to be the same people who will … Continue reading Transit: Uluru to Alice Springs Qantas QF1940

PlanetPatrick Airlines, Australia, Flights, Round the World

Qantas QF10 – London to Perth – Jetlag & Flight Review

With a few weeks available for a trip away from an ever chillier Northern Ireland, physically and Brexitly, my twitchy booking fingers considered all kinds of warm locations and landed on the continent that is suffering terrifyingly-high temperatures this winter/summer, Australia. I wanted this trip to be about all the bits of Oz I had … Continue reading Qantas QF10 – London to Perth – Jetlag & Flight Review

PlanetPatrick Airlines, Chile, Flights, New Zealand, Round the World

Flights: LA801 – SCL to AKL, Santiago to Auckland

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

PlanetPatrick Airlines, Argentina, Chile, Flights, Round the World

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)

PlanetPatrick Argentina, Flights, Round the World

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

PlanetPatrick Airlines, Argentina, Flights, Round the World, Transit

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

PlanetPatrick Argentina, Flights, Round the World, South Africa

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)

PlanetPatrick Airlines, Flights, London, Round the World

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