How OFC became the world’s busiest airport

BKY and PAT have been experiencing big surges in weekend volumes, while traffic through WNC (which now offers direct connections to/from DNR and PAT) has hit unexpected all-time highs.

Breakfast with the birds at Chez Moodie

One family man, an ex-duty free executive, rendered jobless by the shutdown of the hospitality industry, is going to work for Amazon rather than take a government handout, figuring the money is needed more by others. You are the man Steve.

Food

February 18, 2020

Wine encounters (2): A heavyweight encounter in Israel

All David would have needed to do to emerge triumphant would have been to ask Goliath to down a glass or two of Virtous and he would have fallen over unprompted.

Miscellaneous

February 12, 2020

As I Walked Out One Midwinter Morning

The daffodil, not the Black Swan, should now become our metaphor.

Events

February 2, 2020

February 2, 2020 – a palindrome to remember, a day to forget

It’s sad and grim on every level. A time to buckle down as businesses, stay safe as individuals. It’s important to keep noting that the travel retail sector historically recovers quickly from crisis. It will again this time.

Airports

January 11, 2020

Anything to declare?

The volumes involved were well in excess of any allowance other than that perhaps of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport arrivals duty free.

Airports

July 23, 2019

Hitting a new kind of high note at Beijing Airport

This seems a sure-fire bet, with a return per square metre way better than most luxury boutiques.

Miscellaneous

May 29, 2019

The world of Wi-Fi waits for no man

The Lake District is a place to restore one’s equilibrium; sooth the gnawing anxiety of workplace pressures; and remind yourself that gentle pleasures are the best of all. Unless one of the world’s most important duty free concessions comes up for grabs, that is.

Airports