25th Jan 2010
Luggage Essentials for Flying
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
19th Jan 2010
10 Vital 100ml Liquids to Take on a Flight
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
12th Jan 2010
Travel Guides
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
5th Jan 2010
The Most Inappropriate Uses of Planes in Movies
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,