The day has finally come when Singapore Airlines 9V-SRP has arrived in the capital. SQ291 touched down from Singapore (via Canberra) this afternoon at around 3pm – complete with a water canon salute and traditional powhiri. The Boeing 777-212(ER) will depart at 8.15pm and return back to Singapore (also via Canberra) as SQ292. The new flight would bring…
Yesterday my day started at 4.00am with a day trip planed from my home in Christchurch to Auckland, the city of the sales. We had a a number of management and customer meetings planned, nothing too onerous. We got into our work soon after I arrived at the office at 8.00am with the intention of knocking off…
I landed earlier this morning in Wellington on NZ5312 after a very enjoyable short ATR flight from Christchurch. We touched down 10 minutes early – great I thought with my carry on I will be in a cab and into the city way ahead of schedule…! What I didn’t anticipate is that we landed at gate 15 –…
Singapore Airlines has announced a new direct flight between Wellington and Canberra – the Capital Express. Beginning 21 September 2016, Singapore Airlines will begin a four times per week B777-200 service between our nationals capitals. At first glance this is a strange announcement from one of the worlds premium carriers, but on closer inspection it may…
What a fantastic day in Wellington today – no wind, 20 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. Its wonderful for a flying visit to the capital for the day!
According the the Australian Financial Review, Singapore Airlines will next week announce four weekly flights between SIN and CBR using an Airbus A330, with the route also taking in the short hop across the Tasman to link into WLG connecting the neighboring capitals for the first time. This will also be the first scheduled international fights…
According a new billboard in the Wellington Airport terminal – an extended runway would mean that… 65% of the worlds population would be able to fly within one stop of Wellington. Currently its 35%. Also 33% of the journey time would be saved with direct long-haul flights from Wellington to North America. The existing 2,081m…
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