Trip Report Special Flights Archives - SamChui.com Sam Chui Aviation & Travel Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:10:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1con2-100x100.png Trip Report Special Flights Archives - SamChui.com 32 32 108386868 Photo Report: Flying the Presidential Boeing 747 BBJ https://samchui.com/2024/10/06/photo-report-flying-the-presidential-boeing-747-bbj/ https://samchui.com/2024/10/06/photo-report-flying-the-presidential-boeing-747-bbj/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2024 21:03:30 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=51979 What’s it like to fly on a Presidential VIP Boeing 747 private jet? Join me on this jackpot flight from London to Beijing. Video History of this B747-400 Combi (MSN28551/LN1131) This Boeing 747-400 Combi (Reg: N28551) was initially built for Asiana Airlines but the airline did not take delivery. She was then assigned to Air Namibia in Oct 1999 before serving Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight (2004-2015), Morocco Government (2015-2017) and Dubai Air Wing (2017-2021) before being sold off. It was […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2024/10/06/photo-report-flying-the-presidential-boeing-747-bbj/feed/ 4 51979 Trip Report: Onboard a HAJJ Flight – Garuda Indonesia B747-400 https://samchui.com/2024/06/15/trip-report-onboard-a-hajj-flight-garuda-indonesia-b747-400/ https://samchui.com/2024/06/15/trip-report-onboard-a-hajj-flight-garuda-indonesia-b747-400/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2024 12:08:17 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=51560 Join me on a Boeing 747 Hajj Flight from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. An experience to remember for my whole life! Video Garuda Indonesia has wet leased 2 B747-400s from Aquiline International (ER-TRV and ER-BOS) among other wide-body airplanes. Together, they're bringing over 100,000 Hajj pilgrims in just a month from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia. The journey started at Soekarno-Hatta Int’l Airport in Jakarta. 450 pilgrims checked in outside the airport and came directly to the airside waiting to board […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2024/06/15/trip-report-onboard-a-hajj-flight-garuda-indonesia-b747-400/feed/ 2 51560 Trip Report: Special Flight on Australia’s Newest Jet – Qantas A220 https://samchui.com/2024/03/03/trip-report-special-flight-on-australias-newest-jet-qantas-a220/ https://samchui.com/2024/03/03/trip-report-special-flight-on-australias-newest-jet-qantas-a220/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2024 05:33:22 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=50756 Qantas operated a special charter flight from Sydney to Uluru (Ayers Rock) on its new Airbus A220. I was onboard to experience the new aircraft and for the first time, visited the Australian outback. The first Qantaslink A220, featuring the artwork of Maringka Baker. The aircraft is named after the original artwork, Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (the creation story of the two sisters). Video Enjoy an air-to-air video of Australia’s newest jet in the country setting. The Trip The aircraft spent two weeks […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2024/03/03/trip-report-special-flight-on-australias-newest-jet-qantas-a220/feed/ 3 50756 Trip Report: Flying Airbus A340 to Antarctica Ice Runway + Tour https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/ https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:37:52 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=46592 On Dec 8th, I boarded a Hi Fly A340-300 chartered for White Desert Antarctica (Tour Operator) to fly to the seventh continent; Antarctica. I joined the one-day tour to Antarctica called "The Greatest Day". Video The Trip to Antarctica The flight time from Cape Town to Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica was 5 hours and 15 minutes. We were flying from 33 degrees South to 71 degrees South in latitude. Commander Carlos Mirpuri of Hi Fly explained the Antarctic flight […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/12/18/trip-report-flying-airbus-a340-to-antarctica-ice-runway-antarctica-tour/feed/ 7 46592 Trip Report: A Flight to Mount Everest https://samchui.com/2022/11/13/trip-report-a-flight-to-mount-everest/ https://samchui.com/2022/11/13/trip-report-a-flight-to-mount-everest/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2022 06:38:30 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=46318 Video Our helicopter (operated by Manang Air) was one of the first to take off at sunrise around 6:20 am from Kathmandu Airport. There are many helicopter operators offering tours to see the majestic mountains in Nepal but there’s only a small window of the season to do this. I’d recommend going in April or October when the weather is at its clearest and not too cold. The first leg is from Kathmandu to Lukla, which took about 40 minutes […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/10/30/trip-report-my-zero-g-flight-complete-weightless-experience/feed/ 1 46219 Trip Report: The Most Beautiful Flight – Air Tahiti to Bora Bora https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/ https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:40:29 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=45911 After arriving in Tahiti on the most exotic and colorful B787, I traveled on Air Tahiti domestically to explore the beauty of the French Polynesian islands. My flight was from Papeete to Bora Bora with a stop at Huahine and back. This turned out to be one of the most beautiful flights I've taken. I was invited to fly in the cockpit jumpseat on Air Tahiti ATR72-600. Our first leg from Papeete to Huahine took about 30 minutes flying at […]

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]]> https://samchui.com/2022/10/10/trip-report-the-most-beautiful-flight-air-tahiti-to-bora-bora/feed/ 1 45911 Trip Report: To the Faroe Islands with Atlantic Airways https://samchui.com/2022/08/01/trip-report-to-the-faroe-islands-with-atlantic-airways/ https://samchui.com/2022/08/01/trip-report-to-the-faroe-islands-with-atlantic-airways/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:46:39 +0000 https://samchui.com/?p=45302 The Faroe Islands is a self-governing archipelago, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It comprises 18 rocky, volcanic islands between Iceland and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean. About Atlantic Airways On March 28, 1988, Atlantic Airways landed for the first time at its home base Vágar, located on the Faroe Islands, which is an archipelago midway between Scotland and Iceland. Atlantic Airways is 100%-owned by the Faroese government. The carrier is integral to the nation’s economy, transporting around 330,000 […]

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