Flying from Cancún to Mexico City and to Amsterdam

June 2022. Although I have been in Mexico before, the last time was in 1994-1995. Twenty-seven years later, Oriol and I are doing a classic tour of the United Mexican States, featuring Mexico City (CDMX); Palenque in Chiapas; Villahermosa in Tabasco; Uxmal, Mérida, Chichen Itza, Ek’ Balam, Valladolid,  and a few cenotes (waterholes) in Yucatán…

REVIEW |  ‘The New Brussels Airlines’ A320 Business Class 

Brussels Airlines recently revealed a new branding, introducing ‘a new chapter’ for the airline. According to the press release, this new chapter has a “strong focus on customer experience, reliability and sustainability”. So of course we wanted to check it out. This is how the new Brussels Airlines looks like in business class on the…

Air Antwerp folds

Air Antwerp has ceased all activities. The small airliner from Antwerp, actually a joint venture between CityJet of Ireland and KLM of the Netherlands, operated flights between Antwerp International Airport (ANR) in Deurne and London City Airport (LCY).

Flying from Europe to Australia

After literally years of planning, we travelled to Australia to visit Sydney, to cruise to the Pacific Ocean territories of New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji and to hop over to Melbourne. The year was 2020 and it was just before the pandemic.

REVIEW | KLM 737 from Amsterdam to Paris in Economy Class

As Timothy and I felt like taking a weekend break to end the year, we decided to go for a weekend in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. Getting there wasn’t the easiest, it’s too far to go by train for just a weekend so we needed to find suitable flights. Direct flights from Brussels where rather…

REVIEW | Air Antwerp, Antwerp to London: the cutest thing ever!

Air Antwerp launched operations almost two months ago. For the moment they have only one airplane: a 29-year-old Fokker 50. They operate one route: Antwerp to London City Airport. In times of climate awareness there is a lot of discussion about these kind of short haul flights. But as a born and raised ‘Antwerpeneer‘ I…