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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 08/09/2026

Paris Premier Lounge marks pinnacle of Eurostar experience runwaygirlnetwork.com/2026/09/pari... A review by @fintan.bsky.social #rail #paxex #eurostar

Various seating inside the lounge. Light floods in from the massive neoclassical windows.

Neoclassical architecture harkens back to the golden age of rail travel in the lounge.

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 03/08/2026

EuroCity Direct’s first class proves worthy competitor to Eurostar A #nosetotail trip report by @fintan.bsky.social runwaygirlnetwork.com/2026/08/euro... #rail #paxex

EuroCity Direct train arrives at Brussels Midi station.

First Class on the EuroCity Direct train features different sections, like a table flanked by seat doubles; sofa-style seating and a luggage rack.

Close up of First Class seat, clad in bright red, pleather-like material.

Floor to ceiling imagery of scenery in the lavatory.

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 09/03/2026

Small yet mighty: Brussels Airport’s The View impresses runwaygirlnetwork.com/2026/03/smal... A #nosetotail trip report by @fintan.bsky.social #paxex #avgeek

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 24/03/2026

Brussels Airlines BRU-JFK: distinctly Belgian and rather decadent runwaygirlnetwork.com/2026/03/dist... A #nosetotail trip report aboard one of the carrier's Thompson Vantage-fitted A330-300s by @fintan.bsky.social #paxex #avgeek

Inside the Brussels Airlines business class cabin with Thompson Vantage seats

A window business seat with a bright blue seat cover and grey headrest

Extensive menu on board, including an impressive wine and beer list

The Brussels Airlines safety video on the IFE screen: it strikes the right balance between delivering a safety messaging and being fun.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Flying Brussels Airlines tomorrow and, after resigning myself to their ex-LH plane, it appears at check in i’m travelling with a different plane with yet another completely different cabin to their “standard” one. They are also not getting Allegris. I’ll take the upgrade, but still.

LOPA of the aircraft with layout in 1-2-1

Layout and seat selection at check in, selecting solo seat

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 25/11/2025

LEVEL’s premium lie-flat gives space to rest, not much else runwaygirlnetwork.com/2025/11/leve... A #nosetotail trip report by @fintan.bsky.social #paxex #avgeek

Premium Economy cabin on the LEVEL A330 features business class-style lie-flat seats

Overhead view of PE on LEVEL A330, as based on Collins Super Diamond

Very basic pasta dish served as a vegetarian option on LEVEL A330 PE

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

My first FlixBus trip was quite something.

A picture of a FlixBus coach with a caption explaining that it was faster and cheaper than the train, but the driver was using his phone while driving recklessly.

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I couldn't be more excited to bring you my newest exciting challenge: The Up Front. Creating, designing and building the site — and over 15,000 words of content at launch — with @garius.bsky.social has been nothing short of incredible. Join us for a fresh new approach to aviation journalism.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Always odd getting a train from Stratford international. A station that has never seen a #eurostar stop but sees regular commuter trains that reach 140mph (225kph). A modernist wonder for #highspeed futures that never arrived.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A truly remarkable experience, but what was also surprising was the train terminated in Lyon. A totally French service by the Italian state operator. Hopefully they can bring their trains to Brussels some day!

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Thoroughly impressed by the station at Liege- inspiring and bold architecture for Belgian railways.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The Utopia livery was the best airline livery ever, and that is coming from someone who wears pan am branded clothes on a daily basis.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

As much as I don’t love Iberia’s interiors, their XLR cabins are sleeker and more elegant; a welcome evolution.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

How I arrived at Bluesky

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

As much as I love a nice first class meal, the TGV Duplex interior proves that the hard product is the essential element.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

I do hope Eurostar can get their design and hard product into a better place, it’s a brilliant brand that just seems to be languishing.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Although the trains are not as luxe as their predecessors, LNER does raise the bar with their high quality service. Well worth £20 with seatfrog!

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Showing me up photo wise , but it has been a delight to travel with you @thatjohn.bsky.social

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

There’s something about watching Mt Fuji out the window of a Shinkansen as you return to Tokyo to fly off… the perfect bookend to a Japanese visit. #JohnDoesJapan

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Gazing upon Mt Fuji as I speed by on a Shinkansen has been my favourite moment visiting Japan. Will admit to struggling to take good photos at 250km/h thought.

The view of Mt Fuji zoomed in from a Tokyo bound shinkansen

A view of Mt Fuji from a Tokyo bound Shinkansen without zoom, showing urban sprawl in the foreground.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

It was very charming to be solo in the dining room, but was also like eating a feast in the office kitchenette

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Feeding seagulls? In this economy!?

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 03/11/2023

How to elevate the Eurobiz concept beyond the cocktail table runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/11/eleva… by @fintan.bsky.social

A man’s hand holds up a glass of champers to the aircraft window on a Bluesky day

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Train cancellations are never good news, but I really appreciate LNER’s app based rebooking process and the clear guidance on what I could do to resolve my journey. #travel #trains #paxex

A banner notification informing me of my train being cancelled

LNER website informing me of flexibilities in travel and ticket refunds

My rescheduled train after using the booking service

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Shout out to Arriva North east for putting full on wall sockets on their Enviro400 double deckers #buses #connectivity #travel #transport #paninipress #compliant

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

The cava was a really interesting one as it had Chardonnay grapes, making it taste a lot more like a brut nature champagne.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Probably the most baffling meal I have ever been served on a flight courtesy of Iberia. This is their vegetarian breakfast in business class. The plain savoury crackers was what completely stumped me. I could not have any pastries or additions, because croissants are full of meat ofc.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Lovely meal service on the LNER first class today despite the strikes, but the seating continues to disappoint. Not only is it quite austere and not terribly comfortable, my recline was broken and about 40% of the headrests had come off. GWR HST first was still peak imo.

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John Walton @thatjohn.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Best #Eurobusiness class I've flown within the continent for a long time. Strong #PaxEx from Aegean, lovely food, really fast wifi and a great bar menu to peruse on a leisurely nearly-three-hours from Paris to Athens!

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

First weekend living out of London and I have already purchased a robotic vacuum cleaner which I complain about. This is gentrification on a micro scale and I can only apologise.

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Runway Girl @runwaygirl.com · 08/08/2023

Allo Allo: How a novel design masks noise from inflight voice calls runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/08/skyte… by @fintan.bsky.social

Fintan tries the sound-absorbing Skyted mask at the Aircraft Interiors Expo

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 05/06/2023

Very excited to be at the Passenger Experience 2023 Conference ! An interesting beginning to AIX exploring multimodal travel, with an afternoon session sustainability.

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Fintan HS @fintan.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

Finally got to try out the new Avanti West Coast #FirstClass seats - not bad, but still let down by atrocious service. Funky headrests are unfortunately not enough.

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