On July 22, 2016 at 6:10 a.m., the Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 landed in the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital for the first time and was traditionally greeted with a water fountain. From now on, the renowned five-star airline will connect Düsseldorf Airport non-stop three times a week with its hub in Singapore. I was very lucky to be on the inaugural Singapore Airlines Business Class flight on the Airbus A350-900 from Düsseldorf.

Aesthetically, I think the McDonell Douglas MD-82 is a beautiful aircraft. Unfortunately, it is no longer up to date and will probably disappear from the scene soon. American Airlines alone is reducing its fleet by one aircraft per week and replacing it with either Boeing or Airbus.

With the SAS Go Economy Class in the Airbus A340-300, the successful mileage run ends with the return to Europe. In my trip report you will find out that the service during the night flight is again with SAS.

If you want to fly from Munich to Berlin within Germany, you have previously landed with Air Berlin or Lufthansa. Since May 30th is with the Dutch Transavia a third provider in the league. Unlike Lufthansa and Air Berlin, Transavia flies to Schönefeld Airport twice a day. So I dared to try and flew to Berlin in Transavia Economy Class on a Boeing 737-800.

During our online check-in for the return flight with British Airways to Oslo, I was briefly confused by the seating arrangement. Two seats, a single seat, and then two seats again. Doesn't that look like Business Class à la Swiss?! A “real” business class on a European flight? I think I'm lucky enough to be able to fly British Airways long haul business class on the Airbus A321.