AirlineRatings reviews and grades the safety of airlines around the worlds and has named Qantas as the world’s safest airline in 2020, followed by Air New Zealand, Eva Air, Etihad and Qatar Airways. You can find the Top 20 safest airlines in my post below, as well as the safest Low Cost Carriers! … Continue reading
Conde Nast has been conducting their “Reader’s Choice Awards” for more than 30 years and this year more than 600,000 readers selected their favorite airlines again: Singapore Airlines won for the 30th time, followed by Air New Zealand and Qatar Airways. Air New Zealand is the only surprise here, as they haven’t made the (more thorough) SkyTrax awards in years! … Continue reading
Updated 2019: United Airlines is one of the top US airlines with several hubs across the USA and one of the largest commercial carriers in the world serving more than 300 destinations worldwide. As one of the founding StarAlliance airlines, they can take you all over the world with their partners and their rewards program MileagePlus has equally far reach. … Continue reading
I wasn’t sure what to expect from TAP Air Portugal’s flag ship lounge at Lisbon airport – due to the bargain basement fare I had paid for a business class ticket. I was pleasantly surprised by the stylish lounge, nicely separated spaces and good food on offer. The lounge compares well to other European Business Class lounges and makes for … Continue reading
TAP Air Portugal offers a full-service experience, yet often competes at Low-Cost Carrier prices. In Economy you get standard seats, a complimentary meal and drinks and some entertainment. As a StarAlliance Elite member, you get priority check-in, FastTrack, lounge access and priority boarding, too. That’s good enough reason to choose them over LCCs or consider them next to other full-service … Continue reading
TAP Air Portugal offers a standard European Business Class product on short-haul flights – Economy seats with extra legroom and an empty middle seat, lounge access and fast-track on the ground and a full meal even on shorter flights. That’s a good deal on a connection to an intercontinental flight, but not worth to pay extra for on an intra-European … Continue reading
TAP Air Portugal offers modern lie-flat seats with direct aisle access in long-haul business class at fantastic value. You’ll also get friendly onboard service, a complete amenity kit and a nice lounge in Lisbon. You’ll have to make do with well intended, but poorly executed meals and limited entertainment choices. But I consider those issues small niggles at a price … Continue reading
TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier of Portugal. Over the last few years, TAP has gone through a transformation from a dusty, little known airline to a modern, innovative carrier that offers new cabins and friendly service at very competitive prices. As a StarAlliance carrier, they are a great alternative across the Atlantic, to Africa and around Europe. Find out all … Continue reading
ANA All Nippon Air is a five-star airline and one of my favorite airlines between North America and Asia. They have now launched the renovation of their fleet of 50 Boeing B777 long-haul with the first plane entering service next month on the Tokyo -London route. Each plane will feature suites in First and Business Class as well as refreshed … Continue reading
Qatar Airways was named the Best Airline in 2019 in the SkyTrax Global Airline Awards, pushing last years winner Singapore Airlines to the second spot. ANA All Nippon Air claims third place again. Just as over the last 10 years, StarAlliance dominates the charts with 5 of the top ten belonging to the alliance. SkyTeam has no carrier in the Top … Continue reading