The Privilege of the Loo - On Bathroom Distribution in Airplanes

When Swiss International Air Line recently released the seat map of their new Airbus A350 fleet, a real advantage of flying first class almost immediately came to my mind. Despite there are (at most) four first class passengers, they only share one bathroom. This quota must obviously feel like the real luxury for economy class flyers, who have to queue significantly before the landing to empty their bladder. I somehow felt that this needs to have a closer look and I compare some planes and airlines. I will have a look at narrow-body and short-haul aircrafts as well. However, I feel that this analysis is more worthy for larger airplanes in different configurations, where there is also a fixed assignment from a seat to a certain class.

How I did the Analysis

In order to perform the analysis, I had to take two assumptions about passenger behavior:

The passenger is respectful. Whenever there is a division between two classes in the plane, typically a curtain, the passenger will not cross it. This for example means that you don’t use the first class toilet as a business class passenger, if it is clearly divided. If there is a curtain within the same class, i.e. due to a galley, I will not take this “barrier” into account.
The passenger is using the closest toilet. This is especially important for some cabins, where the premium economy and the economy cabin is not separated. The opposite would be that a passenger might take a longer route, e.g. because there are more bathrooms in this area or because less people share this toilet. In reality, I guess that passengers also tend to use a toilet in the front of than one behind them. I don’t split rows. If a row is right in the middle the pax is going to a toilet in front of him. Passengers also unlikely cross galleys in my assumptions.

Performance in Detail based on the Swiss A350 Cabin

Unfortunately, the graphics above does not give exact row numbers as Swiss will finally apply to it. Not too surprisingly, you see that the First Class is a real loo luxury heaven:

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
		First	4	1	4.00
		Business	49	2	24.50
		Premium Economy Economy (front)	38 88	4	31.50
		Economy (rear)	68	1	68.00
		Total	247	8	30.88

You also see that the people in the rear have by far the worst experience, based on my assumptions. However, due to the high number of bathrooms in the middle of the plane, my assumption that people use the closest distance toilet is likely wrong. If I would just add three rows (equal to 27 additional seats), you get a more balanced view:

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
		Premium Economy Economy (front) + 3 rows	38 115	4	38.25
		Economy (rear) – 3 rows	41	1	41.00

Unfortunately, there is no given source for that – but the Wikipedia article about aircraft lavatories states that there is an absolute minimum of (in average) 50 passengers per aircraft. Swiss is way better than that mark in their new plane. However, if I concentrate on the economy class and use the weighted average, i.e.

the average over the whole basic class is not too far from the value.

Analysis of Different Airlines and Aircrafts

Of course, it is impossible to do an exhausting analysis of the number of passengers per cabin. I picked a couple of airlines and cabins for my analysis. The analysis is typically done using Seatguru.com or seat maps provided by the airlines themselves.

Swiss A340-300

Link to seat map: https://www.swiss.com/br/de/discover/fleet/airbus-longhaul

The A340-300 is not too frequently in use any more globally – but I felt that I first pick two more types of Swiss long-haul aircraft for my analysis. You already see in this count a typical characteristic: the toilets in the middle of the cabin are typically accessed from seats in front and in the back of the lavatory. If there is no separator, which is preventing passengers from going into certain direction (like a curtain or galley in my model), this is typically where the premium economy is located. One of the key perks (also to me) is that you leave the plane earlier after landing than standard class passengers. However, you feel to buy this treat with less comfort in the air… At least in these digestive moments.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	2	First	8	2	4.00
4	12	Business	42	2	21.00
20	37	Premium Economy Economy (front)	21 84	2	52.50
38	45	Economy (rear)	60	2	30.00
		Total	215	8	26.88

Swiss 777-300 ER

Link to seat map: https://www.swiss.com/br/de/discover/fleet/boeing

I stick with Swiss and opted for the Boeing 777-300 ER for two reasons: first of all, it is a a rather modern aircraft. Secondly, it is a Boeing. Are there manufacturer-specific advantages or very different distributions? Not really. Even though there are four toilets in the middle of the plane you see where you can expect the longest queue to the loo.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	2	First	8	2	4.00
4	17	Business	62	3	20.67
20	45/46	Premium Economy Economy (front)	24 170	4	48.50
46/47	52	Economy (rear)	56	2	28.00
		Total	320	11	29.09

Lufthansa Airbus 350-900 (48C/21E/224Y configuration)

Link to seat map: https://www.lufthansa.com/de/de/35a

Due to all several acquisitions, Lufthansa has multiple configurations for their Airbus A350 fleet. Also due to the fact that this configuration does not come with a First Class cabin, the average of passengers per toilet is significantly worse. Apart from that, you see that there are no major differences to the characteristics before.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	8	Business	48	2	24.00
12	34	Premium Economy Economy (front)	21 158	4	44.75
35	42	Economy (rear)	66	2	33.00
		Total	293	8	36.63

British Airways A350-1000

Link to seat map: https://seatguru.com/airlines/British_Airways/British_Airways_Airbus_A350-1000.php

After having Lufthansa Group airlines in this posting so far only, time to add some of their peers to this posting. The longer version of the A350 is coming with ten bathrooms in the British Airways configuration. Very nice quota for Club World / business class travelers, while the World Traveler Plus / premium economy cabin is again located in the worst zone regarding my analysis.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	17	Business Class	56	3	18.67
20	59/49	Premium Economy Economy (front)	56 139	4	48.75
51/50	59	Economy (rear)	80	3	26.67
		Total	331	10	33.10

British Airways A380-800

Link to seat map: https://seatguru.com/airlines/British_Airways/British_Airways_Airbus_A380_new.php

As you see in the examples above, there are similar characteristic throughout different planes and airlines. The configuration impacts the quota slightly. Thus, I felt to check out some different plane payouts. Of course, one of the most unique planes nowadays is the Airbus A380, due to its two full deck construction. As the airlines use that space very differently as well, I felt it might be interesting to see if the figures of this massive plane are different. In the upper deck, British Airways is having a rather large section of Business Class, followed by World Traveler Plus and Economy. I did not find information if the toilets are fully separated between these classes. If my assumption that they are is wrong, there are four toilets for a total of 159 passengers (39.75 average), which is not bad, but also not top notch.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
50	59	Business Class	53	3	17.67
60	68	Premium Economy	55	2	27.50
70	83	Economy	104	2	52.00
		Total Upper Deck	212	7	30.29

For the lower deck, I am quite sure that the four toilets in the middle of the plane are indeed divided between Business Class and Economy Class (two toilets each). I also saw the galley as a barrier for the passengers. Overall, the lower deck is having a slightly worse toilet distribution, but the values are overall very similar.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	4	First	14	2	7..00
10	15	Business	44	2	22.00
20	31	Economy (front)	119	2	59.50
35	42	Economy (rear)	80	2	40.00
		Total Lower Deck	257	8	32.13
		Total all A380	469	15	31.27

Qatar Airways A380-800

Link to seat map: https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Qatar_Airways/Qatar_Airways_Airbus_A380.php

How does this analysis look like for a plane from another airlines? I checked it out with Qatar, also because they are one of two airlines I am aware of who installed the Premium Lounge or bar in the upper deck. Thus, there is just a very minor block of economy in the rear. Even they have an amazing loo coverage. 13.75 passengers per bathroom is of course outstanding.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	2	First	8	2	4.00
10	22	Business	48	4	12.00
25	32	Economy	56	2	28.00

		Total Upper Deck	110	8	13.75

Qatar’s A380’s lower deck is economy only (they don’t have a Premium Economy at all). Overall, Qatar does care nicely about their customers, but again you see that negative peak in the middle of the plane.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
40	49	Economy (front)	84	3	28.00
50	73	Economy (mid)	239	4	59.75
75	83	Economy (rear)	82	3	27.33

		Total Lower Deck	405	10	40.50
		Total all A380	515	18	28.61

Singapore Airlines A350-900 ULR

Link to seat map: https://seatguru.com/airlines/Singapore_Air/Singapore_Airlines_Airbus_A350-900ULR.php

This one might look like just another Airbus A350. However, I opted for this layout because Singapore Airlines uses the ULR (Ultra Long Range) version for their direct flights from Singapore (SIN) to the two New York City airports (JFK, EWR). The two longest scheduled flights of the world do feature business class and premium economy only (read my SQ A380 Premium Economy review). My model is definitely not appropriate in here as it assigns one toilet only to the read part of the business class cabin. Nonetheless, a plane-wider average of 26.83 passengers per toilet is truly amazing. Even with five toilets only, there would be a share of 32.2 pax per toilet. Sanitary luxury above the clouds.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
10	17	Business (front)	23	2	11.50
19	29	Business (rear)	44	1	44.00
31	42	Premium Economy	94	3	31.33

		Total	161	6	26.83

La Compagnie A321neo

Link to seat map: https://www.seatguru.com/airlines/La_Compagnie/La_Compagnie_B0_Airbus_A321neo.php

As I went for Singapore Airlines’ most special plane, I just had to have a look into La Compagnie. You might not know the French carrier – they operate business class only flights from Paris-Orly (ORY), Nice (NCE) and Milan (MXP) in their Airbus A321 fleet. 76 people share three loos – which is top of my analysis. Due to having two toilets in the rear and the way my model is set up, the rear section does get a bit too much comfort credits again.

	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	10	Business (front)	40	1	40.00
11	20	Business (rear)	36	2	18.00
		Total	76	3	25.33

By the way, the former British Airways BA1 all business class service from London City (LCY) to New York (JFK) even had three bathrooms for 32 people (10.67 plane average).

Ryanair B737-800

Link to seat map: https://seatguru.com/airlines/Ryanair/Ryanair_Boeing_737-800.php

I picked Ryanair to have a European long cost carrier in this list. Finally, the figures look bad – but you have to be straight: three toilets is a standard configuration in the Boeing B737-800 (no MAX) – many established and reputed airlines will have similar figures in their short and medium haul narrowbody fleet. KLM’s configuration of the same plane features 186 seats, for example (62.00 pax per bathroom). Due to their Domestic First seats in the front of the cabin, some US-American airlines do likely likely look better in that regard though. Delta’s Boeing B737-800, for example, comes with a total of 160 seats (average: 53.33).

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	17	Front of Cabin	95	1	95.00
18	33	Rear of Cabin	96	2	48.00
		Total	191	3	63.67

Norse B787-900

Link to seat map: https://seatmaps.com/airlines/n0-norse/boeing-787/

Having a focus on European low-cost carriers, I felt that Norse’s intercontinental fleet might be an interesting one. The cabin has a premium cabin in the front, which somehow is similar to a premium economy. Apart from that, there are 282 economy seats in their Boeing B787-900 Dreamliner. There is one toilet in the front of the economy cabin, four in the middle and two in the back of it. Even if you criticize your model, it likely means that you create quite a lot of movement in the cabin. Norse is having the worst quota on the widebody side of my analysis. However, the premium cabin comes with two sanitary locations for just over 50 passengers. If the loo distribution happens to become a key criteria for selecting your carrier after reading this post – the first rows of the Norse cabin might pop up on your list.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	8	Premium Economy	56	2	28.00
9	17/18	Economy (front)	75	1	75.00
18/19	33/34	Economy (middle)	141	4	35.25
34/35	42	Economy (rear)	66	2	33.00
		Total	338	9	37.56

Lufthansa Boeing B747-800

Link to seat map: https://seatguru.com/airlines/Lufthansa/Lufthansa_Boeing_747_8_V3.php

Last, but not least – and indeed the last plane I also checked out when I prepared the post is the Lufthansa Boeing B747-800. There were several reasons for it. Majorly, I wanted to have a look at the other two deck airplane series Apart from that, I am just about to have a plane on this configuration soon. Finally, though, the main deck configuration is quite interesting and I was curious about the result. The upper deck, though, is not too much of a special thing. Lufthansa uses the higher part of the Queen of the Skies for Business Class only. You may have quite a bunch of drinks there. Less than eleven passengers share one toilet – that’s amazing.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
81	88	Business	32	3	10.67
		Total Upper Deck	32	3	10.67

Coming to the lower deck. Lufthansa uses the front of the plane for their eight first class seats, followed by additional business class passengers. However, the plane layout requires three rows of economy passengers before there are four rows of premium economy. Feels a bit like an airplane configuration sandwich. The majority of the lower class bathrooms is in the rear of the Boeing, though. Apart from a rather weird distribution of seats and bathrooms, the average in that section is not too well. In my model, the weighted average (see above) for the economy cabin is 48.67.

Row	To Row	Class	Pax max	Bathrms.	Pax / Bath
1	3	First	8	2	4.00
4	11	Business	48	2	24.00
16	33	Economy Premium Economy Economy	36 32 66	2	67.00
34		Economy	142	4	35.50
		Total Lower Deck	332	10	33.20
		Total all B747-800	364	13	28.00

My Conclusion

Would the distribution of bathrooms influence my future booking behavior? Likely now. However, I feel it is quite interesting to see how much the average over all cabins of the plane differs. Of course, any configuration with a lot of business class or even first class seats should be expected to be at the top of list (which is not always the case). A lot of the outcome of this posting also depends on the general structure of the (empty) airline and how you can configure it ideally. Bathrooms don’t earn money on a plane. However, too few of them might impact your customer experience. Similar to the seats the airlines use (including the seat width and pitch and their recline), the number of loos in a certain way reflects your attitude towards the customer, doesn’t it? Here is the list of averages for all planes I analysed above.

	Airline	Aircraft	Avg. (Total)
1	La Compagnie	Airbus A321nei	25,33
2	Singapore Airlines	Airbus A350 ULR	26.83
3	Swiss	Airbus A340-300	26.88
4	Lufthansa	Boeing B747-800	28.00
5	Qatar Airways	Airbus A380-800	28.61
6	Swiss	Boeing B777-300ER	29.09
7	Swiss	Airbus A350	30.88
8	British Airways	Airbus A380-800	31.27
9	British AIrways	Airbus A350-1000	33.10
10	Lufthansa	Airbus A350-900	36.63
11	Norse	Boeing B787-900	37.56
12	Ryanair	Boeing B737-800	63.67

Additionally, I have to say that a key driver for me doing this posting was the analysis of the premium economy cabin. I use this class rather frequently. And, indeed, I very often had to wait quite long (especially before landing) for a loo. Yeah, it is a premium economy cabin and not a reduced business class service. But still, you paid more money than other passengers. You do get better service in other regards, but just in very few cases, the premium economy quota of passengers per bathroom is better than the total average:

	Airline	Aircraft	Avg. (P.E.)
1	British Airways	Airbus A380-800	27.50
2	Norse	Boeing B787-900	28.00
3	Singapore Airlines	Airbus A350 ULR	31.33
4	Swiss	Airbus A350	31.50
5	Lufthansa	Airbus A350-900	44.75
6	Swiss	Boeing B777-300ER	48.50
7	British Airways	Airbus A350-1000	48.75
8	Swiss	Airbus A340-300	52.50
9	Lufthansa	Boeing B747-800	67.00

Bad message: I don’t like that – but there is hardly anything you can do against it. The premium cabin has to be in front of (the majority of) economy class seats. It is one of the key perks to me to get out of the plane quicker than the rest and thus, for example, have a better time at immigration. Vice versa, you are typically behind business and first class – which means you are close to the middle of the plane aka the worst location for this kind of passenger needs.

On top of that, my model may be weak, but this characteristic location of the premium cabin also often means that your assignment to the “best toilet” is mostly the nearest as well and thus right in the section I felt you are going to anyway. Premium Economy simple means Pay more, shit later. Nevertheless, enjoy the other perks of that cabin.

Title picture: Swiss A350 cabin layout, copyrighted by Swiss

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Oops, I did it again. Just within about a month, I feel that I had a nice volume of flights, ...

Flying Contour Airlines Embraer E135

I am really curious about Alternate Essential Air Service (AEAS) flights within the USA. They typically connect "less developed" areas ...

Primeclass Lounge Zagreb Airport (ZAG)

Primeclass is a global franchise of airport lounge operators. During our Croatia Airlines flight from Dubrovnik (DBV) to Frankfurt (FRA) ...

Thumb Up or Down? A Personal View on my Loyalty Program Portfolio

A major part of optimizing your travel portfolio is to determine the loyalty program which suits best to you. Thereby, ...

Food I Had Onboard VII (mid-February 2023 til March 2023)

The last legs of the 2023 Weird Al Yankovic European Tour, Rock of Ages shows, the Pittsburgh Penguins and many ...

British Airways Boeing B777 Club Suite Cabin

A paid upgrade in March 2023 finally gave me the opportunity to try out the "new luxury" of British Airways: ...

Nice Upgrades to Manchester Airport (MAN) Terminal 2 (Pictured Story)

Already in 2018, I introduced you to my thoughts about Manchester Airport (MAN). To sum it up: the airport has ...

American Airlines / British Airways Soho Lounge New York JFK Terminal 8

My March 2023 flights to some Pittsburgh Penguins matches had a nice highlight from an aviation point as well. For ...

Oasis Lounge Royal Air Maroc Marrakech (RAK)

A short stay at Marrakech Airport (RAK) in January 2023 gave me a couple of debuts: first of all, it ...

Food I Had Onboard VI (December 2022 til mid-February 2023)

Wow, it's already half a dozen of episodes. This time, I start my Food I Had Onboard posting with two ...

Iberia Regional / Air Nostrum ATR 72 Business Class

In the pre-Covid-times, I had quite a lot of good experiences with Air Nostrum, the main regional carrier of Iberia ...

Aegean Lounge Larnaca Airport (LCA)

Before our Lufthansa Business Class flight back from Larnaca Airport (LCA) to Frankfurt (FRA), my wife and I had the ...

Singapore Airlines A380 Premium Economy

Even though one of my early Flyctory.com posts was about my B777 Singapore Airlines First Class experience, it took me ...

Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) Visitors’ Center

Dud you ever feel like learning more about the current operations and future plans of Germany's largest airport? Frankfurt Airport ...

VIP Business Lounge Tirana Airport (TIA)

The (most of the times) good thing about exploring a new airport? Right before you leave, you have the opportunity ...

Andorra La Seu d’Urgell (LEU) Airport

This airport is likely one of the least frequented airports in Europe with regular scheduled services. You just have the ...

Food I Had Onboard V (September 2022 til November 2022)

Time for another episode of Food I had onboard. Between September and November 2022, I had some really interesting experiences, ...

SAS Gold Lounge Oslo Gardermoen Airport (OSL, International Flights)

On my way back from the 2022 Lillehammer Tennis Davis Cup tie of Norway hosting India, I went back home ...

Lufthansa Bistro Lounge Frankfurt (FRA) C14/C15

Unexpected encounter in October 2022: right when I was about to have my first Eurowings Discover intercontinental flight to Tampa ...

Aspire Lounge Inverness Airport (INV)

Flying back home from a Rock of Ages show weekend in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, I was really amazed ...

Flying Cape Air from Marion (MWA) to St. Louis (STL)

Traveling through the United States, having the opportunity to try out Essential Air Service connections is also a nice add-on ...

Austrian Senator Lounge Vienna Airport (VIE) Non-Schengen (D/G)

Our October 2022 trip to Cyprus lead to an outbound connection from Germany to Larnaca (LCA) with Austrian Airlines. It ...

Flying with OFD (Ostfriesischer Flugdienst)

The OFD (Ostrfriesischer Flug-Dienst) is a regional airline, which is specialized in connection the German North Sea islands. Being part ...

Food I Had Onboard IV (May 2022 til August 2022)

Already the fourth edition of my Food I Had Onboard category. Even though my Covid-19 infection changed quite a lot of ...

Malta Airport (MLA)

Malta was the destination of choice for my wife and myself during Easter 2022. Staying at the Hilton Malta, we ...

Inverness Airport (INV)

Traveling to the Scottish Highlands - a Rock of Ages musical trip in August 2022 lead to a trip quite to the ...

Tupelo Airport (TUP)

Tupelo, birth town of Elvis Presley. I felt very flattered that I would make it back to the city during ...

Aspire Lounge Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS) Non-Schengen (Lounge 41)

While flying British Airways from Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS) in July 2022, the British Airways Lounge had still been closed for refurbishment ...

Flying with Icelandair Domestic (Flygfelag Islands / Air Iceland Connect)

Icelandair Domestic, Air Iceland Connect or Flygfelag Islands - the inter-Iceland aviation connections nowadays driven by Icelandair have different historic ...

American Airlines Admirals Club New York LaGuardia (LGA)

New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is not regarded to be the nicest way of air traveling in and around the ...

The Lounge Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN)

Old lounge, new lounge: after Lufthansa decided to terminally close down some of their lounges, the company Global Lounge Network ...

Helgoland Airport (HGL)

If you are not a general aviation pilot and "just" an aviation nerd or traveler, flying Helgoland Airport (HGL) is ...

Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois in Marion (MWA)

The seventh day of my Pittsburgh Penguins trip in March 2022 lead me to Marion, Southern Illinois. The local Veterans ...

Food I Had Onboard III (Mar 2022 til April 2022)

After my second posting about Food I Had Onboard in mid March 2022, I had a couple of interesting flight experiences ...

La Valette Club Lounge Malta Airport (MLA)

I have to admit that I did not become too much of a friend of Malta during our four night ...

Graz Airport (GRZ)

In summer 2021, I had a weeekend in Graz in Styria, Austria. Apart from meeting a wonderful friend again, I ...

Marhaba Lounge Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 1

Flying back in the Finnair Business Class from Dubai International, Terminal 1, to Helsinki Airport (HEL) has not been the ...

Finnair Business Lounge Non-Schengen Helsinki Vantaa (HEL)

Before heading to the United Arab Emirates in February 2022, flying with Finnair from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Dubai (DXB) ...

Keflavik Airport (KEF)

There is currently some effort to establish regular international flights from Akureyri (AEY) again, but in general, if you approach ...

Food I Had Onboard II (Nov 21 til Mar 2022)

After I got some quite nice feedback about my first Food I Had Onboard posting, I felt to continue this ...

Menzies Norrsken Lounge Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN) T5

When I flew Finnair from Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN) to Helsinki (HEL) the last time in 2019, the Finnish airline has been ...

Gdansk Airport (GDN)

For our trip in late summer 2021 to Gdansk in Poland , my wife and I arrived in the city ...

Egilsstadir Airport (EGS)

Icelandair gave me a very short-term cancellation for my flight to Vestmannaeyear, when I visited the island. However, I definitely ...

LOT Business Lounge Mazurek (Warsaw WAW Non-Schengen)

There are a couple of LOT intercontinental flights from Warsaw Airport (WAW) in my flight log. Based on that, I ...

Flying With Porter Airlines from Toronto (YTZ) to Ottawa (YOW)

Flying from Toronto City - or: Billy Bishop - Airport (YTZ) during my September 2021 trip was definitely one of ...

Reykjavik Domestic Airport (RKV)

Flying from Reykjavik Domestic Airport (RKV) was thought to be one of the highlights of my trip to Iceland in ...

Flying Norlandair from Akureyri (AEY) (not) to Grimsey (GRY)

I so far did not have too many opportunities to cross the Polar Circle in my life. A few years ...

Salzburg Airport (SZG) Business Lounge

In late August 2021, I flew back from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) with Eurowings. My BizClass ticket ...

Salzburg Airport (SZG)

I had a couple of trips to Salzburg and neighboring areas in recent past. While some have been rail trip, ...

Lufthansa Senator Lounge at Dubai (DXB) Terminal 1

While Lufthansa operated their flights from the Emirates Terminal 3 during the Covid-19 flight reductions, I was quite happy to ...

My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts

Even though I do have a couple of airport reviews on Flyctory.com, I so far missed a lot of the ...

Food I Had Onboard (Oct 2021 til Nov 2021)

In October 2021, on a flight from Munich (MUC) to Keflavik Airport (KEF), I decided to go for a new ...

Lufthansa Senator Lounge Munich Airport (near G28)

As Munich Airport (MUC) is one of my most traveled ones, I know the business lounge situation there quite well ...

Air France / KLM Lounge Toronto Pearson (YYZ) Terminal 3

As part of my Condor Business Class experience from Toronto Pearson (YYZ), Terminal 3, to Frankfurt (FRA), I also had ...

Bolzano Airport (BZO)

South Tyrol, the German speaking region in Northern Italy is quite popular among tourists. The Dolomite Mountains attract many people ...

Flying With Lübeck Air

I already introduced you to the lovely regional airport of Lübeck (LBC), a city some one hour Northeast of Hamburg ...

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)

Flights directly from city to city - needless to say that one key driver of success of Billy Bishop - ...

Condor Boeing 767 Business Class from Toronto (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)

For my trip to Canada on the day they re-opened their borders after Covid-19 restrictions I went for Condor. I ...

Boeing 757-200 Icelandair Saga Premium Class

Friday, the 13th... On 13th August 2021, I was scheduled to have my very first Boeing 737-MAX flight. Icelandair from ...

Saga Lounge Kefklavik (KEF)

In August 2021, I finally visited a place which has been hidden from me for so long. I had so ...

Flying With SkyAlps

What is happening if you are running and airport and you just don't fine an airline which is motivated to ...

Akureyri Airport (AEY)

In Iceland, Akureyri is called the Capital Of The North. Excluding the Reykjavik Metropolitan Area, it is the largest city on ...

Lübeck Airport (LBC)

I remember having a flight from Lübeck / Lubeck Airport (LBC) in the very early 2000's. At this time, I ...

Flying with DAT (Danish Air Transport) from Saarbruecken to Hamburg

Due to the pandemic travel limitations, I felt 2021 might be a good idea to check out some exotic travel ...

The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)

During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because ...

VIP Lounge Graz Airport (GRZ)

I recently reviewed the DB Lounge / German Rail Lounge at Frankfurt Airport. I could somehow copy and paste major ...

Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)

Millions of tourists just cannot be too wrong: after Madrid Barajas (read my review of Terminal 4) and Barcelona El ...

Saarbruecken Airport (SCN)

Majorly in order to check out the DAT (Danish Air Transport) connection from there to Hamburg, I happened to fly ...

Flying from Paderborn / Lippstadt Airport (PAD)

Even though I had to delay my flight from there for medical reasons, I was really excited to have my ...

Las Palmas / Gran Canaria Airport (LPA) – Airport Review

My December 2020 trip to Gran Canaria / Grand Canary has been the first longer distance trip since quite a ...

Alaska Airlines A320 Domestic First Flight Experience

When people discuss about good airlines for US domestic travel, Alaska Airlines is very frequently mentioned. Thus, I was really ...

Sylt / Westerland Airport (GWT)

There are a lot of discussions in Germany whether domestic flights are really necessary - and the argues against them ...

Berlin Brandenburg Airport Terminal 1 (BER) – My First Review

I originally planned a flight to the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport in late October 2020. Due to all the pandemic ...

Flying the PAD Aviation Embraer Phenom 300

Fortunate unexpected upgrade: I originally planned to go from Paderborn/Lippstadt (PAD) to Westerland/Sylt (GWT) to check out a new German ...

A Walk Through Cologne / Bonn Airport Terminal at Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)

Travelling in Germany has been turned down to an absolute minimum. Hotels are just able to accept business guests and ...

Lufthansa Business Lounge Berlin/Brandenburg (BER) during Covid-19

In April 2021, I finally had my first flight connections to/from the new Berlin airport, BER - Berlin / Brandenburg ...

MeerExpress – Flying the Air Shuttle to Norderney & Juist

Despite the limited travel situation in Germany due to Covid-19, there are some quite interesting virtual airline projects in Germany ...

Flying Dortmund Airport (DTM)

The city of Dortmund in the Northeast Ruhrgebiet region is maintaining its own airport. Dortmund Airport, which is officially called Dortmund ...

Long Beach Airport (LGB)

On the fifth day of my Pittsburgh Penguins West Coast trip in February 2020, I had my first flight from ...

Singapore Airlines SilverKris Business Lounge London-Heathrow

It is still uncertain when there will be regular touristic travel between the United Kingdom or Europe and North America ...

Flying Under Covid-19 conditions from Venice Airport (VCE)

On 5th September 2020, I had my very first flight from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), flying with Eurowings to ...

British Airways First Class Lounge London Gatwick Airport

With British Airways' decision to move all short-distance connections including the one to Cologne/Bonn airport to Heathrow, I unfortunately will ...

Tenerife North Airport (TFN) Review

If you have a direct flight from continental Europe to Tenerife, you likely arrive at Tenerife South Airport (TFS) close ...

Überlingen Plane Collision Memorials

On 1st July 2002, Überlingen at Lake Constance (Bodensee) gain notoriety not only in Germany: two planes, a Tupolev TU-154M ...

Air New Zealand Boeing B777 Premium Economy from London to Los Angeles

For the transatlantic flights of my February 2020 trip to California supporting the Pittsburgh Penguins, I had a personal Star ...

Traveling Through Germany at Covid-19 Times – A special Trip Review

Coming back from London from the (finally cancelled) Country To Country Festival 2020 was the last trip I took before ...

Frankfurt Airport during Covid-19

Apart from some hiking and a number of drive-in cinemas, I did not generate any new contents for Flyctory.com on ...

Star Alliance Lounge Los Angeles Airport (LAX)

Though they really seem to put in quite some effort to improve the situation, I am not too much a ...

Cologne/Bonn Airport during Covid-19 Times (Pictured Story)

Regarding passenger flights, my hometown airport Cologne / Bonn is only the seventh biggest in Germany, servicing some 12 million ...

Jersey Airport (JER)

During my short visit on the Channel Island Jersey in January, I was flying to and from Jersey Airport for ...

Planespotting at In-N-Out Burger Los Angeles Airport

The Californian In-N-Out Burger chain is generally quite well known under West Coast tourists. Aviation nerds especially praise the restaurant ...

Finnair Airbus A350 Business Class from Helsinki to Dubai

In recent times, I had three Business Class flights with Finnair's long distance flagship, the Airbus A 350. In August, ...

Flying PSA Airlines from Washington Reagan to Chattanooga

In order to transfer from East Coast to Tennessee on my trip to CMA Fest 2019, I flew from Washington ...

British Airways Lounge Jersey Airport

Right before the United Kingdom left the European Union, I headed to Jersey for a short mileage run. The Channel ...

SAS Lounge Stockholm Arlanda (Terminal 5)

While my Lufthansa Senator Status typically grants me access to the SAS Gold Lounge next door, a Eurowings BizClass flight ...

Airport Lounge World Munich Airport

If you fly a non-Schengen flight from Terminal 1 (the non-Lufthansa one) at Munich Airport and depart from the B ...

Eurowings Lounge Munich – The Low(est) Cost Lounge Experience?

The reviews I found so far are quite clear: 9 out 9 users assigned a 1.0 to the Eurowings Lounge ...

American Airlines Admirals Club Pittsburgh

In contrast to the significantly more fancy Flagship Lounges (here is my review of the JFK one), the American Airlines ...

Sharjah Al Mahatta Historic Airport Museum

If you look at the mega-airport of Dubai International nearby, it is hard to believe that Sharjah once was the ...

The Christmas Market at Munich Airport

After reviewing four Christmas markets in Cologne recently, I did not expect to get in touch with any additional ones ...

George Best Airport Belfast (BHD)

Belfast and Northern Ireland have two airports: while Belfast International Airport is West of the capital and out of city ...

Newcastle International Airport (NCL)

In 2019, I twice had flights to and from Newcastle Airport: the first time, I travelled to Sunderland in July ...

The New 2021 Miles & More Points – Back to FREQUENT Flying?

In an evening session with German aviation experts and frequent travelers in Frankfurt, Lufthansa today revealed their new Miles & ...

Iberia Express A321 Business Class

There are not too many options to avoid budget travel when you want to fly into Tenerife North / Tenerife ...

Dusseldorf Airport Photo Tour

Though it just processes about a half of the number of passengers of Munich Airport and even just a third ...

LOT 787 Business Class

Flying back from Chicago to Germany after the Weird Al Yankovic Strings Attached show in Indianapolis, I decided to chose ...

American Airlines Boeing 777 Flagship Business Class

After I tested their A330 Premium Economy Class on a flight to Philadelphia before, I was really flattered to check ...

Loganair From Glasgow To Barra Airport (BRR)

Barra Airport is a very special place for any aviation enthusiasts: the airport located on the largest island of the ...

Stockholm Arlanda Aurora Lounge (Terminal 2)

Flying from Stockholm to Helsinki with Finnair in early August 2019 gave me the opportunity to visit a lounge I ...

Flying the Aerotask A320 Simulator (in Essen)

Like you already saw in my review of the Emirates Aviation Experience, including the A380 simulator, I have a certain ...

American Airlines Flagship Lounge New York JFK (now: Greenwich Lounge)

I have to admit that American Airlines Admiral Club Lounges are not really my favorite place. Some are functional, some ...

Riding the Arlanda Express

If you want to travel from Stockholm's major airport Arlanda to city center, you have multiple options. Undoubtedly, the strongest ...

Finnair Platinum Wing Helsinki Airport

Flying intercontinentally from Europe via Helsinki, especially to Asian destinations, became more and more popular the last years. One key ...

Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Frankfurt Airport

After I mentioned the Air Canada Lounge at Frankfurt Airport already in my love letter posting to LATAM flight 705, ...

Singapore Kallang Airport Today

During my business trip to Singapore, I decided to have a look at the grounds of the historic airport grounds ...

Luxembourg Airport (LUX)

Starting my trip to the United States on my Weird Al & Grass Court Tennis trip 2019 was the second ...

Billund Airport (BLL) Review

On my trip with Sun-Air of Scandinavia, I had the opportunity to visit Billund Airport. My stopover time there was ...

Flying Sun-Air of Scandinavia

Flying back from the Write Like A Girl event in London, I had the opportunity to fly Sun-Air of Scandinavia for ...

Concorde Technical Tour at Manchester Airport

On the return trip from Singapore and Malaysia, I had more or less a whole day around Manchester before I ...

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

Though I finally did not manage to touch down there, flying from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was definitely ...

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA)

After my first Chattanooga experience was already part of my trip following the Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2018, I made ...

British Airways B747-400 Club World (Business Class)

On my trip to Nashville in May 2019, I was lucky to receive an operational upgrade on BA 217 from ...

Flying Singapore Airlines First Class (B777-300ER)

While I had Lufthansa First Class services from Frankfurt to Hong Kong and from Singapore back to Frankfurt on my ...

Lufthansa First Class Flight Experience

My trip to Singapore and Malaysia was my debut First Class experience (apart from Domestic First in the USA). I ...

Swiss A330-300 Business Class from Zurich to Dubai

While my previous experience flying to Dubai was the great Air Belgium service on behalf of British Airways, my wife ...

Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt

For customers flying on Lufthansa's top notch First Class product (and HON Circle Members), the German airline offers a very ...

Malaysia Airlines B737-800 Business Class

During my trip to Singapore and Malaysia, I chose Malysia Airlines for my return from Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) to ...

Malindo Air Business Class (B737-800)

During my April/May 2019 stay in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, I used Malindo Air flight OD 808 on 3rd May ...

Jewel Changi Airport (Singapore)

Singapore Changi Airport (SGP) regularly tops international airport rankings like Skytrax. Nevertheless, they seem to be constantantly working on making ...

Bus Transfer from Heathrow to Oxford: The Airline

A picturesque city center and a huge variety of superb museums - Oxford is one of the key tourist destination ...

Lufthansa Panorama Lounge in Frankfurt

The Lufthansa Lounges for Senators and Business Class customers are tending to be too crowded, especially in peak times. Thus, ...

London City Airport (LCY) – UK’s Capital best choice?

London's three major airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Standsted, are all some sort of a mess, when you in fact want ...

Emirates Aviation Experience London

My first steps around O2 Arena in London during the Country 2 Country Festival 2019 were not motivated by country ...

American Airlines A330 Premium Economy

Flying Southern Airways Express was not my only debut aviation experience on route to Philadelphia for the NHL Stadium Series ...

Flying with Southern Airways Express

Travelling to the NHL Stadium Series match of the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers in late February 2019, I ...

Madrid Airport Terminal 4 (Review)

Being the hub for Iberia and also used by my favorite flight provider LATAM, I am very often making use ...

Air Belgium Business Class from London to Dubai

While Air Belgium is doing their very own route from Brussels-Charleroi to Hong Kong, they are currently also supporting the ...

Seville Airport (SVQ) Review

Many of you will likely travel into Seville by car, bus or train as part of a trip through Andalusia ...

Entertaining or not? An Inflight Magazine Comparison

You have them on almost every flight. They are located in the seat in front you? The airlines try to ...

Glasgow Airport (GLA) Review

It may be heartbraking for some Scottish aviation lovers: though the largest city in Scotland is Glasgow, capital Edinburgh has ...

Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) Review

Spending the second weekend of October 2018, I was very curious on my first flight with Aegean and also with ...

Flying Aegean Airbus A320

2018, Aegean Airlines has been voted by Skytrax as the best European regional airline. This alone might be worth mentioning ...

Manchester (MAN) Airport Review

Manchester is the busiest non-London UK airport. As I travel Manchester for several reasons, also for transferring, I decided to ...

Belgrade Airport BEG (Airport Review)

Belgrade is Serbia's largest airport. The capital's connection to the world named after Nikola Tesla is also the homebase of ...

Flying Iberia A350 Business Class

Not just my way to New York was very special by flying the remarkable BA 1 service from London-City to ...

BA 1 – British Airways’ Most Exclusive Intercontinental Experience

British Airways flight BA 1 has always been on my bucket list. The very special connection between London and New ...

Flying with VLM from Cologne to Antwerp

The route between Cologne and Rostock is a quite traditional connection from Rhineland to the Baltic Sea - which has ...

The new SWISS Senator Lounge Zurich A

After a long time of renovation, SWISS re-opened their Senator and Business Class Lounge at the A Gates / Schengen ...

Flying Air Canada Premium Rouge

"Flying Rouge" becomes quite a success story for Air Canada. Just having started five years ago in 2013, the Maple ...

LATAM 705 – Love Letter to a Flight

If you collect and something, you likely also have one or more several favourite pieces in your collection. What do ...

Ponta Delgada PDL Airport Review

If you travel to the Azores, you very likely do your first steps on the archipelago in Ponta Delgada airport ...

Malaga Airport AGP – Review

If there wasn't Palma, the "Costa del Sol" Airport of Malaga would be Spain's premier holiday airport with more then ...

Flying with Helity

On the third day of my Six-Intercontinental-Flights Weekend trip in May 2018, I had the opportunity to fly the Spanish ...

Melilla Airport MLN (Review)

During my Six-Intercontinental Weekend Flight trip between Europe and Africa, I also spent a day in Melilla and had sufficient ...

Flyctory.com’s Introduction on Mileage Pooling

With Miles & More, Lufthansa Group's widely used loyality programme, introducing the concept of Mileage Pooling to their program just ...

Flying LOT Premium Class

On my Easter trip with Sarah, we had the opportunity to test Polish LOT's Premium Class, their interpretation of Premium ...

Airport Review: Kinmen (KNH), Taiwan

Though Kinmen airport only connects to other airports in Taiwan, there is quite a lot of traffic in this regional ...

Airport Review: Vilnius (VNO), Lithuania

When I arrived at Vilnius airport from Warsaw by LOT, the airport looked like a typical regional airport looked in ...

Flying the Hello Kitty Jet

The Star Alliance is quite an inhomogenous club of airlines: while Lufthansa or United transport over 100 million passengers per ...

Airport Review: Taipei Songshan Airport – TSA

Usually, when you fly Taipei from Europe, you land in TPE aiport in the 30kms West of the Taiwan's capital ...

Flyctory Obscura

Flyctory Obscura-tagged reviews represent weird, unique, entertaining places of all kind: