A nice selection of vintage airline posters, mostly advertising destinations in Mexico and Latin America.

Josef Hoflehner’s photos of aircraft landing at Princess Juliana International Airport airport, in the Eastern Caribbean… these are great pictures.

If you think working and meeting by way of telecommuting and teleconferencing is helping to reduce your need to travel by air – and in the process – your carbon footprint, think again.
It seems the carbon emissions from our computers, their peripherals, and even mobile phones create as much carbon dioxide as flying does each [...]

Driving to the airport in darkness, an aeroplane awaits on a tarmac lit only by edge lamps, and so commences an odyssey to distant and exotic places… forgive me my reminiscings of the long vanished romance of flying.

An infographic that compares budget and conventional airlines illustrating how the discount carriers operate.
Then factor in Ryanair’s recent proposal to fit out some of their aircraft with so-called “vertical seating” and the operating margins improve further…

Probably a thought that has crossed the minds of all air travellers at one time or another, what happens if someone manages to open one of the aircraft’s doors mid-flight. However if is the operative word here:
In practice, however, it’s due to the large pressure difference between the pressurized fuselage and the outside air, that [...]

I don’t know how popular you would be for doing this though…

Hong Kong’s old airport Kai Tak would have surely been considered one of the world’s scariest airfields were it still operational.
Not to worry though, there are another ten airports that promise you hair-raising landing or takeoff experiences.

And on the subject of travel, an extensive list of what to do, and what not to do on a flight, all in the name of being a good aeroplane passenger.
No, I can’t think of anything that’s been left off the list…
When movies start, ask the passenger next to you if they’d prefer to [...]

Tasty, a photo collection of airline meals. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I really don’t mind airline food.
Why? It sure beats whatever the heck I ever manage to “cook”…