We flew ITA airlines and our rating for business class was a solid 3.5. The cons: an hour long delay on take off, the lay flat beds were pretty small, the pod had little room to turn over and a crew member was quite curt and a bit rude. Pros: a direct flight to Tokyo, tasty food and the lounge was delightful both times we visited it (before and after the delay). It was a 12 hour flight over the Black Sea and China. we took off in the daylight, flew through the night and landed in the daylight again. Neither of us got much if any real sleep and we were exhausted. Add to that the 7 hour change in tome zones and we did not last long before we were sleeping.
Departure board bingo, who wants to play?
Italy's west coast
Italy's east coast
Rugged mountains in one of the "Stans"
Cannelloni, Mamma Mia it was good
This was a shank of veal
The sun is going down
Big city in China
Landing in Japan
Hello Mr. Fuji
Not visible to the folks on the ground
View outside my window
A pointy promontory pointing at a pointy mountain
We are at our hotem
Very nice decorations
Up on the 31st floor
Rain in the distance
The Tokyo Tower as seen from our window
We hit the start of our fourth year while we were sleeping
