Background Just like most places in the world, forming an airline in Korea is a highly complex and prohibitively expensive endeavour. Many may even argue that doing so is a foolish feat with little chance of reward, as once you’ve successfully leapt through a seemingly endless series of regulatory hoops, you...

Background Whether it be winter, spring, summer or autumn, those needing to make the 280-mile journey between Seoul Gimpo and Jeju are unlikely to face any shortage of options. Famous for being the world’s most well-served air route, as of July 2024, eight out of Korea’s ten scheduled passenger airlines operate...

Background Jin Air is an airline that, in recent times, I have had minimal interaction with. Of course, living in the UK, opportunities to fly with Korean Air’s low cost subsidiary are few and far between! However, even when living in Korea, I had only ever embarked on the carrier’s lime...

After an enjoyable time, my two-week Canadian holiday had come to an end and it was time to head back across the Atlantic to London with a short mid-journey stop in Toronto. Whilst I was in no hurry to leave, I knew that I would return to Vancouver at some...

Background Needing to head back down south to Vancouver after my Beechcraft 1900 adventure, holding some travel credit and beating Air Canada’s ticket prices on the route, I decided to enlist the help of WestJet. Or rather, the Canadian low-cost giant’s Dash 8 Q400 operating regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore. Opening up...

Background As an aviation enthusiast visiting Vancouver, given the lack of any scheduled helicopter services near me in the UK and the fairly reasonable prices of trips between Vancouver, Nanaimo and Victoria, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to sample the delights of scheduled chopper operator HeliJet, opting to enlist their services...

Background As an aviation enthusiast visiting Vancouver, it would have been sacrilege not to work a seaplane ride into my itinerary. For decades, seaplanes have played an integral role in linking coastal British Columbia, and today, two operators, giant Harbour Air (and their subsidiary Salt Spring Air) and the smaller Seair...

Background Living in the UK, the Beechcraft 1900 is not the easiest aircraft to fly, with just three European operators flying the type at the time of my trip. These take the form of Swedish carrier Jonair, as well as French regional carriers Chalair and TwinJet. Seeing as I had a...

Background Admittedly, there is not much of a backstory to this flight! Quite simply, I needed to get from Calgary to Vancouver, and Air Canada offered the cheapest tickets at the time I wanted to fly, beating WestJet by a surprising margin. Furthermore, flying with Air Canada would allow me to...