The Boeing 787 hopes to take the experience of air travel back to the time when it was something that people looked forward to doing. The trend in the airline industry for many years was price reduction. More seats in a plane meant lower prices for passengers. The tight quarters
How many times have you been in a situation like this? You obediently get onto the plane, and find your self sandwiched between the person next to the window and the person next to the aisle. After the excitement of take-off, and perhaps especially after the refreshment trolley has done
As airlines strive to keep fuel costs to a minimum, hold luggage restrictions are becoming more stringent. On a weight basis, airlines can range from a miserly 15 kg to a more generous 60 kg per person, although opting for 'piece allowances' may turn out to be more flexible (most
All airlines in the age of the suicide hijacker are now restricting the amount of liquid passengers are permitted to take with them in their hand-luggage or about their person to 100ml. In other words, you can take several different 100ml containers with different liquids in them with you; you
It’s very easy these days to research any place which you plan to visit. You just type the name of your intended destination into a search engine and everything is revealed. But before the advent of the internet we had to rely on printed travel guides, and these are still
An airplane is a fantastic crucible for almost any kind of film making. Claustrophobic, familiar yet novel, it’s the equivalent of being stuck in a lift at 30,000 feet. Terror plays a prominent part in modern air travel and what with pervasive terrorist threats, 9/11, shoe bombers and the like,
Most of us are aware of the worrying stories that began circulating in the media a few years ago about the dangers of developing life-threatening blood clots (deep vein thromboses, or DVTs) after taking long haul flights, especially when travelling economy class. DVT was even re-named ‘economy class syndrome’ as
It’s not too late to book up a late break away somewhere if you can’t stand the thought of yet another Christmas in this country spent paying duty visits to relatives and pretending to be cheerful. Just one of the problems with Xmas The
You’re tired, you woke up absurdly early to get to the airport in time, and now you’re flight’s been delayed for several hours. What now? Despite those dreary TV scenes we’ve become accustomed to of disgruntled passengers languishing on uncomfortable seats gazing into space or trying to get some sleep,
Many of us have a fear of flying. Even more of us have that niggling sensation in our stomachs as we taxi on the runway. It’s not so much fear. It’s the same feeling as going for a job interview - is this really a good idea? Am I prepared?