Love the clapping, so-1980's. It's like clapping for surviving the flight.

I had someone call security on me at the Newark airport because I had arrived a few hours early for my flight and was wandering around the nearby gates taking pictures of planes. I wasn't paying much attention, but I heard one of the guards arrive and briefly spoke to a gate agent and the guard seemed annoyed that he was called out.

Noel Philips, living the lounge thug life! Love your videos!

My mother just walked into the kitchen, laughed and said ‘are you watching Noel Phillips AGAIN?’ Yes mum… yes I am 😂😂

"You can fly on Azerbaijan 787 and get squirted up the bum" Lol!. Thanks for the video, Noel.

These videos are lovely, I really enjoy being able to see you explore places and airlines that aren’t as well known and quite often they are really nice

No one kicks out my favorite travel KZfaq channel! Hope Rachel is well.

My father was on a flight in Africa in the 1960s. They handed out eau de cologne sachets. He then watched someone open and eat it. They had heard about the sweets and assumed that they had just been handed one.

well-done, Noel: red-carded out of an airport lounge! yet another badge of honor for you!! cheers!

I truly appreciated how happy you were to get the candy. Your enthusiasm is very infectious.

You mentioned the A340, of which I have fond memories. I used to do the JFK- AUD (NYC -abu Dhabi) run a couple times a year, and it was always on an Etihad A340, in the absolute heyday of Etihad. I loved that plane - I didn't want the flight to end! The service back in the day was incredible. I always knew when we were almost home to 'Dhabs (US expat), as we'd fly over Mosul and the pilots would take the plane to max altitude to avoid any SAMs. The engines would scream and the sky would change to a deeper colour.

Yeah, Wardair used to pass the hard candies out on flights when I was a child going to visit my grandparents in England, but had eliminated it themselves as a cost-cutting measure just before the merger with Canadian in 1990 (which 9 years later merged with Air Canada, causing what were the three major Canadian airlines in the 70s and 80s to all become one). A good trick if you can't get any candies or lozenges in the shops at the departure city airport, is to suck on your mouth (while holding your breath for short periods of time) as if you did have a candy, which will draw air from your inner ear to prevent a pressure difference during climb. Then, when descending, take a deep breath and try to exhale while keeping your mouth closed and holding your nose, which will force air into your inner ear and again, prevent painful pressure on the ear drum.

It's a clapping marathon after landing 🛬 on each of your Azerbaijan airways flight 😁

The cake was not cake it was butter, absolutely brilliant 🤣🤣

That reverse direction take off is pretty common at Medellin’s JMC Rio Negro airport. Arrivals are from the South and generally departures to the North. However longer haul flights (say to Madrid) and Cargo take off towards the south. Because of the high elevation any additional help is useful. The runway slopes to the south and the terrain in that direction is at least initially a little friendlier.

With your arrival into Kazakhstan, I think everyone is waiting with bated breath for the next SCAT Airlines video...

Fun review, as always Noel...didn't realize you're now a Yank😁 I flew with Azerbaijan Airlines back in 2016 on the Dreamliner from JFK to Baku, and actually the configuration you were in is considered Comfort Class and the front of the cabin is Business Class. Those seats are a lot more comfortable and offer a full flatbed experience but it's still in that antiquated 2-2-2 configuration. The food and service were wonderful, they kept offering more and more entrees and drinks for every meal, they were almost insulted when I said I'm full and can't possibly have another bite. Lovely people, the Azeris 🙂

Hope Rachel has fully recovered. You made me laugh out loud about eating the butter! So you are a lounge spy?? Too funny, they did give you a nice bit of stuff though. Be careful where you film, Noel, you don’t want to be labeled as a spy or a lounge lizard! LOL

Haha I love how they treated you like you had been recording inside of Area 51 when in reality you were simply recording your time at the worlds most basic Business Lounge.

Dear Noel , thank you for flying Azal and i want to let you know since Azals boeing 787s are really old they have ordered 12 new ones, try flying on them again in the future maybe on first class.

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

Mr. Philips, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for the video. Your abundant wisdom enriches our Sundays. For Christmas I wish a video vlog on board European Air Charter MD82

Oh my word Noel, This flight had everything. From nostalgic suites to camera police, As usual it was a good one! 👍

Another great video. Can't believe they kicked you out when you weren't even filming much more than yourself! May I just say, you're editing is very clever particularly at 17:20-to17:24 where your commentary to camera seems completely like its all one shot, you only notice in the back ground the waitress disappear.

This channel is great. Can see it hitting 500k pretty quickly.

the a340 will be hopefully be in use on their domestic routes which should be next year depending on the regions conflict so i was told by an official in Azerbaijan while i was there not long ago , I toured the new airport opening next year , incredible airport

I always prefer the IGA lounge to the Coles or Woolies lounge

I always enjoy your videos Noel. Keep up the good work!

We just flew EasyJet back to UK from Kefalonia and I can't help but look for you in every airport lounge we go to lol

I was in a huge bus crash on the M53 in the UK on the way to school on Friday. Watching your videos whilst I recover has made it easier to heal from such a tragedy.

Used to love watching flight reviews from a whole bunch of KZfaqrs, but sadly they all mostly fly business now and most people fly cattle, so pointless.

Waddling after me… Ha, ha, ha too funny Noel! Another great video as always. Take care.

Thank you for sharing life flying. ☺ Smile

I flew an AZALs 767 this summer and it wasn't so bad. Also had no priblem videoing very low key. The plane wasn't in great shape but the crew was friendly and alcohol was included in economy class. Perfectly fine.

I was wondering if there was a VIP in the lounge that did not want the camera. But I remember a friend had this happen once and he offered her $20.00 and she took it and that was it. Amazing.

Great video! I admire you doublechecking yourself being completely sleep deprived and jetlagged to make sure you don’t leave something in the cab, wisely done. Smart choice to use an official cab so you don’t get scammed and taken out the middle of the desert and left. Safe continued travels.

Always a pleasure Noel That woman had the nerve to say let me see your device to make sure it’s erased. She can go fly a kite and celebrate her maiden voyage via kite to turkey with that madness. Glad your “double O” training came into play when you ditched her 😂 👊🏾👍🏾

Good news is that AZAL is keeping all three of their A340-500’s. Two of which are still parked on the apron, and one currently in service!! Hope to see it soon Noel :)

You always have the best videos keep it up! Also, my guess is they might’ve taken those seats off of an old plane.

Great vlog Noel. The food looked great- not the butter lol! Enjoy your travels🎉💝

I love Central Asia so much.Its such an underrated part of the World.Fantastic trip report as always and keep it up.

Thanks a lot Noel for this lovely piece, I really appreciate your time and efforts

I don't understand cleaners who decide that they're also security. I was a cleaner at a train station for a time and I didn't give 2 shits about who was doing what. But I was collecting money for a charity outside a train station a year later and some cleaner came up to me asking if network rail knew about it. I said no because I was outside on the pavement. The police came over and told her to piss off.

This channel is so addicting. New fan here Noel.

Eating the butter had me in stitches

I flew in Baku about 10yrs ago and the airport was NOTHING like that, I remember they were just starting to remodel... No stores, nothing like this! That is amazing, I'm going to have to go back!

i was watching this thinking this looks familiar lmao i was in this airport like 1.5 yrs ago XD its so beautifully done

My dads job takes us around the the world flying and your reviews and tips have been most helpful.

Air NZ still gives out lollies on descent, I try and get 2 or 3 each time.

Butter or cake, quite the spread nonetheless for such a short flight!

Another great video noel

Hi Noel, love your videos❤ Btw, Aegean Air, the Greek airline still serves candies too and they are very delicious 😂 hope you can try them soon

Azerbaijan air is unique that the fly to Israel on a regular basis! My friends have flown on it and loved it since the plane is brand new and the flights are usually quite empty!

Love the clapping for someone doing their job......I wish i got a clap every time i sent an email. Which to be fair isn't happening at the moment due to watching all of Noel's videos. :)

I flew Azerbaijan airlines 4 times in June this year, half the ife wasn’t working the food was awful and the cabin crew were extremely unfriendly, however they are a very cheap ticket.

Bonus points for passengers clapping as the plane landed in Almaty.

I know this was probably shot a while ago but an interesting time to be flying into and out of Azerbaijan 😅

A new day a new video 😊

Aegean Airlines in Greece also give you when you board the aircraft . Thank for the good content from Greece .

I've never flown Azerbaijan Airlines, though I was in both Baku and Almaty last May. I like both cities a lot, although I think the worst airport lounge I've ever been in (and that's saying something) is in Almaty. I hope Rachel is doing well.

That was a fun video. The trouble in the lounge at Baku was nuts.

Luxair still hand out sweets before landing too, very novel.

Noel being a naughty boy 😂😂 but another good video on Azerbaijan airways. They seemed decent but looked very retro inside.

Regarding the lounge incident, being a photographer myself and as Americans, while in public in the US technically its legal to record or photograph people from a public location, in public. A louge though may be questionable as to whether it's truly a public area or not, but more importantly, and something I have to check on when I do travel to other countries -- is the laws against recording people, as some countries simply prohibit it, or in certain areas like airports or other places. Obivously in the US certain areas are off limits. My guess is this person just didn't want to be recorded (even though you weren't recording her it sounds like) but at the same time if you did record her (which you didn't) then I could see removing the footage (which might make sense then to do shorter recordings in general, which I have done with my gopro so if I have to delete something it's not a long video, but a segment of a longer sequence). Just my two cents as I have had to remove photos from my camera sometimes at the request of authorities (police officers, etc) which in another country, is not worth getting int oan argument over even though in the US it is usually legal to record / photograph police out in public. But as I mentioned, some countries do not permit recording/photographing in certain areas and airports are understandable if this person was in fact legit staff.

Awesome video as always! It's sad they kicked you out...

What a polite man Noel is 😊

Well I love watching your clips they give a realand honest review. And from what you showed it looks like Azerbaijan Airlines are a pretty decent airline to fly with overall. And wow the experience in the business class lounge in Baku certainly was an interesting one with Olga LOL. Thank you again and looking forward to the next one.

Never! No way you got kicked out Noel!

Great video Noel. Made me chuckle, you, legging it, to save your pictures. Nice one! 😁

Always amazing how just whisper quiet these 787 are. Just flew one on BA with the RR engines and it was a dream (well minus being in economy)

Old planes were designed for people who have legs. Today everyone's knees are resting in the seat ahead of them. The food looked delicious. Ignore the cleaning woman who wanted to see your video. Maybe you should have asked her for a cameo. Glad your trip was safe. See you next week on your next adventure.

Hi Noel, The foot stool is like a "squatty potty" stool in the U.S. My daughter bought me one for Christmas one year!!! Supposedly if you are having trouble pooping if you pull your legs up a bit it's supposed to help. It was so strange and I appreciated her sense of humor if not her thoughtfulness.🤣🤣🤣🤣

The thought of Noel spending all that time editing this video with that background music on high repeat!!!!

Noel getting so excited about the Japanese toilets 😆

Great video. The camera police do my head in. 😂 made me giggle she was cleaning the toilets before. 😂 👍🏼 🕶️

Azerbaijan Airlines with a Japanese Styled Toilet, 😲😲😲.. Be careful and Stay Safe Always, Noel 🙏🙏🙏👍👍..

Up until today, I'd always thought of Marlon Brando and The Last Tango in Paris, when I thought of butter, if at all, but now, you dear boy are the new Butter person du jour. Perhaps the butter boss forever? Butters is your new nickname.

Wow, Istanbul airport looks so massive and intimidating! Dallas/Fort Worth is a breeze in comparison.

They probably thought you sere Armenian secret agent Noel Philipyan, filming troop movements before their Special Operation.

You are so right, I forgot that the airlines would give out hard candy 🍬

19:20 'Old' seats are much much MUCH more comfortable than modern new seats that needs to be under this or that modern eco norm. 😉In modern fancy lightweight 'cardboard' seats as i call them it is hard to sit comfortably 1.5h+ flight without fiddling or standing up... But on old seats from 90s/00s yea they are outdated and a little bit banged up BUT you can sit 3h+ easy! And your back wont hurt! (i talk about 'economic' class of course)

Love your reviews where you start to take the piss

@12:10 the best thing Iv ever heard Noel say in a review… ever 😂😂😂😂

Nice airport! We are so backwards here in Orlando! Thanks GOAA

The look on your face upon seeing the toilet says “I’m not leaving this loo until we’re required to be seated and buckled in.” Hope to hear you in TX skies.

Love how nice everyone was during this trip (except for the cleaning lady).

How’s Rachel doing ? I hope she’s all well and good now 😊

Hi Noel. Fantastic video as usual. Would love to see another review of Air Astana as it is a fantastic airline that deserves more recognition.

Thanks for the review Noel

7:00 Air New Zealand also still give out their own-branded "sweeties" before landing. It's a very long-standing tradition!

Lollies prior to landing on all Air New Zealand flights too Noel

the seats did look realy confy.

Thanks for doing this for me to view. Enjoyed every bit.

British Midland handing out the fruit flavoured boiled sweets in their DC-9s on the Glasgow-Heathrow run is a fond memory of the 1980s. I particularly liked the red ones. You never got them on the BA Shuttle. I miss British Midland.

Im suprised there was an ashtray given how new the plane is.

I've been on that 787 many times. To get the inflight entertainment to work you need to press and hold the power button for 10 secs to reset it. The content is not good though. Take your own movies on ipad is better. AZAL lounge in Baku is normally fine, I guess someone was nervous of being filmed with someone they shouldn't be with, so they complained. It happens in Baku. The A340s get used for the busy holiday flights to the Turkey beach resorts during the summer.

The Buta airways aircraft is currently at EMA at the paint shop. I can't believe I saw it in person then on your video the same day, Noel!

Those seats in the Azeri 787 looks like the default Boeing seats that is used in their cabin mockups and demo planes...

Awesome video! I can’t believe I still have not flown on a 787! At least I finally went on an A380. Your Dreamliner definitely showed its age.

Loce your videos Noel! You are one of the beat air geeks out there ! Cheers!