The first Hi Fly A380 lease customer is not who we expected
Reports out of Denmark this afternoon have a special addition to the Hi Fly A380 wet lease charter schedule. The first flight will operate on...
Scandinavia
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A visit to city hall, Stockholm-style
Stockholm’s city hall, situated on the waterfront more or less in the center of town, presents an image of great history and heritage. This belies...
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Stockhom’s Vasa museum: Sailing tales from the 17th century
The Vasa set sail in 1628, laden with cargo, cannons and sailors for her maiden journey from the Stockholm harbor. She made it about a...
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Checking in: Radisson Blu, Stockholm SkyCity
I love the arrivals service offered as part of the BusinessFirst service from United Airlines at most of their legacy Continental routes. I’m a firm...
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SAS sends an extra flight to save sight
Every now and then a good story comes across the wire of an airline doing something particularly heartfelt and unexpected. A couple months back there...
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Buying 450 tickets to fly
When I find a great deal on air travel I’ll buy a couple tickets. If the price is right having two or three of the...
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And here is the extra bacon for your fish
There is really only one restaurant in Ålesund, Norway that gets much of any sense of reviews on the Internet, at least in English. Sjøbua...
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An emergency tanning session in Copenhagen
During the four days we wandered about Copenhagen and the surrounding area I noticed a few intriguing trends. One of them was that many of...
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The Hotel Brosundet – Dumb luck wins!
Often in my travels I discover that being lucky is just as good, if not better, than being prepared. Ålesund was one such experience on...
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What to do when you know nothing about Alesund
I tend to go a bit overboard when planning for trips to new destinations. I’m prone to obsession over the nuance and detail of the...