Aug 9, 2019 • 4 min read
As more and more travellers are aware of the environmental toll of air travel, anyone taking to the skies this year who wants to reduce waste as much as…
Aug 6, 2019 • 2 min read
An email subscription service that sends cheap flight alerts to its members has compiled a list of the best and worst European airports for cheap…
Jul 8, 2019 • 2 min read
While most airlines are striving to win business, a Dutch airline has taken the unusual step of encouraging passengers to consider whether they really…
Jun 5, 2019 • 1 min read
KLM has revealed details of an innovative flight concept known as the "Flying-V," a v-shaped aircraft where passengers sit inside the wings.
May 23, 2019 • 3 min read
Last week I travelled to Istanbul, one of the world’s most fascinating cities. But for the first time in about a dozen visits arriving wasn’t an enforced…
Apr 21, 2019 • 2 min read
If you have ever wondered why some food and drink items taste different when you're on a plane, the reason is that air travel temporarily changes your…
Mar 25, 2019 • 1 min read
A survey has revealed the airlines with the cleanest cabins, and in what may prove surprising to learn, not a single carrier from the US or UK made the…
Mar 15, 2019 • 2 min read
A downside to flying economy is not having enough wriggle room to ease yourself into a comfortable sleeping position. There's just never enough room. But…
Mar 11, 2019 • 2 min read
Two major airlines recently announced that female air stewards are no longer required to wear make-up or skirts as part of their uniform. Virgin Atlantic…
Mar 3, 2019 • 2 min read
Having your personal items confiscated while travelling by the Transportation Security Administration is exasperating, but one silver lining is that they…
Feb 1, 2019 • 1 min read
In an effort to ease congestion from the main transport hub in Cairo, a brand new airport has opened on the outskirts of Egypt’s capital city, which is…
Dec 7, 2018 • 1 min read
Reaching St Helena, the remote island in the middle of the south Atlantic where Napoleon was famously exiled, is now easier than ever before, with a new…
Nov 29, 2018 • 1 min read
A new airplane painted to look like a shark is so attention-grabbing that it’s distracted from one its most interesting interior features - no middle…
Nov 28, 2018 • 2 min read
A Syrian refugee who was stranded at Kuala Lumpur International Airport for seven months has finally been granted asylum in Canada. The 37-year-old man,…
Oct 20, 2018 • 1 min read
Travellers who want to get between New York and Nairobi will find their journey much simpler with the introduction of a new direct flight.
Oct 3, 2018 • 1 min read
Virgin Atlantic CEO, Sir Richard Branson, and actor and producer, Ryan Reynolds, have released a funny video to mark the new partnership between the…
Sep 25, 2018 • 4 min read
While last week’s discovery of what the world’s busiest domestic air route was might have left everyone a bit shocked, there are no surprises to be had…
Aug 14, 2018 • 1 min read
As job listings go, it looks pretty innocuous. But a recent advertisement for a co-pilot is actually likely to be for the US government’s secret airline.
Jul 23, 2018 • 2 min read
Imagine floating gently through the clouds on a three-day travel expedition in an airbus that resembles a luxury, super yacht. It sounds a little far…
Jul 4, 2018 • 2 min read
Air New Zealand is the first airline in the world to serve the award-winning, plant-based Impossible Burger. It’s now available as part of its Business…
Jun 16, 2018 • 3 min read
People often ask me how they get more room when they fly, and my general rule is this: since they largely have wider seats, Airbus planes almost always…
Jun 10, 2018 • 3 min read
If you’re flying on Ryanair, easyJet, Southwest or one of the many other airlines that fly Boeing 737 or Airbus A319, A320 or A321 planes, which is the…