Have you heard the latest? Finnair started weighing some passengers and their carry-on luggage last month for select flights departing...

Airports have grown ever larger to accommodate more passengers, greater frequencies and increases in cargo. Early airfields and airports grew from the use of airplanes for military, agricultural, airmail, and even aerial observation purposes. Equipped with grass or dirt runways, they were not very pleasant places for those passengers who first flew once US scheduled airline service  began in 1926. Arriving and departing aircraft blasted dirt, pebbles, and grit into the passen

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Horror stories abound about nearly missing flights and it’s even happened to frequent travelers, myself included. But, the next time...

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Over the years, the Boeing 777 family has proven to be one of the US manufacturer's most popular designs, with more than 1,700 examples...

None of us would argue that long-haul flying today looks very different than it did some 80 or 90 years ago. Today, we fly thousands of...

Readers of this post have often seen references to the US Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 as being responsible for seismic shifts in the...

One hundred twenty years ago next Sunday - December 17, 1903 - history was made by two unknown brothers who changed the world on an...

To follow-up on an earlier post, we know there are 13 countries situated along the Equator passing through three of the seven continents....

There are 13 countries situated along the Equator, which passes through three of the seven continents. Let’s explore them all, starting...

Early airfields and airports grew from the use of airplanes for military, agricultural, airmail, and even aerial observation purposes....

While no-one would deny that landing gear is a necessary and vital component of any aircraft, how much attention do we pay to it when...

Some of us can remember a time when any number of US airlines graced the skies, both near and far. Most dated back to the early days of...

We’ve all seen the photographs. Cocktail lounges in the sky, five course meals being enjoyed by well-dressed passengers, caviar served...

A modern airliner is a complex piece of machinery. Fitted with sophisticated navigation equipment, it can take off in near zero...

If you’ve been in any airports lately, you’ve probably noticed that air travel is back in full swing. Officials with the US...

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