Welcome to the Planetflyer website, with flying-related stories from being a passenger to being an aviation nut and geeking out in museums. You can also click on the map below to see where in the world they took place.
All flying-related articles:
| HEL morning views For once I'm flying on Lufthansa. Felt a bit like ... not using my own airline. But there was no option for this trip to Cyprus. And therefore, no breakfast at the lounge. However, the morning views as we lifted off from Helsinki-Vantaa airport (HEL) were spectacular! Full story February 2022, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Travel; Flying | |
| Lounge closed SAS, what did you do??? Full story February 2022, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Travel; Flying | |
| Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim I had not known about this: Deutsches Museum has a wonderful other side outside Munich, for aviation. Full story January 2022, Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim, Munich, Germany Flying | |
| Airplane meal... on the ground! I've been missing this... or have I? Full story May 2021, House Arkko, Kauniainen, Finland Flying | |
| First flight during the pandemic I took my first flight during the pandemic. Nervous. Full story August 2020, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| Returning to the airport after Covid-19 This isn't a busy place. In fact, on my first visit I didn't see a single person on my way in through one terminal and half-way on the walkway to the other one where I needed to pick up a rental car. Full story June 2020, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying; Travel | |
| Miracle in Kayseri Despite one diversion, one unplanned return to origin, one cancellation, and one delay, our ski bags arrived in Kayseri. What a miracle in the airline system! Full story February 2020, Kayseri Airport, Kayseri, Turkey Travel; Flying | |
| Today's busses Today's busses are #350 and then #380. Full story October 2019, Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom Travel; Flying | |
| Iljushin playground Returning back from Budapest, Janne and I found a small but remarkable aviation museum next to the Ferenc Liszt airport. A different museum, at least from our point because it featured more of the eastern aircraft than the western ones we've seen more often. Iljushin, Tupolev, Yak, etc. Full story August 2019, Budapest Aero Park, Budapest, Hungary Flying; Travel | |
| Welcome to KAINUU Quiet place, green grass, views, a rocking chair... at an airport. Hard to believe, but there is this lounge at HEL called KAINUU. Full story June 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying; Travel | |
| Hot as HEL Well, it isn't really a sauna, except that it is hot, it is packed with people. And it is a decorated bus at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, affectionately known as HEL. Full story June 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| The new A220 I had a chance to fly the new Airbus A220 plane the other day. Wonderful, efficient, hi-tech plane! And new airplane smell! Full story April 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| Keflavik airport The Keflavik airport in Iceland had a very beautiful roof. Full story March 2019, Keflavik airport, Keflavik, Iceland Flying | |
| Building HEL Building the future of HEL... yeah right. It is hellish right now, as the traffic to the airport and parking arrangements are pretty unbearable. Full story March 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| Not MAX Two crashes within few months have put the Boeing 737 MAX airplanes into doubt. I'm flying today, not on a MAX due to a world-wide grounding of the plane. I sometimes flew MAXes, as Norwegian flies them between Helsinki and Stockholm. Full story March 2019, Helsinki-Vantaa, Vantaa, Finland Flying | |
| Check-in Moomins Love the new luggage tags Finnair hands out, not to mention the Moomins in their Tokyo check-in desk. Full story January 2019, Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan Flying | |
This is the 5th set of articles. The previous sets were set 1, set 2, set 3, and set 4. The next set is set 6.
The Planetflyer articles appeared originally in the Blogspot Planetskier series, at TGR posts, or at the Relaa website. See also the articles about skiing, caving, urban exploration, climbing, cycling, swimming, and saunas.