We looked at the cockpit the other week, now check out the rest of the Airbus A380, and glimpse the future of business and luxury air travel. Is it just me, and my obviously one-track mind, but isn't a shower on an aircraft asking for trouble somewhat? Via Coudal Partners.

While six out of ten Australian air travellers desire membership of the mile high club, just over one in ten have actually "earned their stripes" according to a survey of 1100 airline passengers taken earlier this year. Love is in the air! When it comes to high altitude escapades, Australians are obviously an open-minded bunch! People are obviously looking for more stimulating entertainment than a movie or a CD ... Read full entry

Four out of five people said they did not like the idea of mobile phones being allowed on flights, according to a recent survey by totaltravel.com. Travel website totaltravel.com asked 1490 people over four weeks whether mobile phone usage should be allowed on aircraft. More than 80 per cent of respondents answered no, saying that having to listen to fellow passengers talk on their mobile phone for hours ... Read full entry

The average in-flight magazine is a bulky enough affair in isolation, but have you ever considered the payload drain 500 of them on a single flight creates? With that number of magazines weighing in at about a tonne, it's short wonder Emirates has decided to do away with them in favour of an electronic version instead. According to Emirates' president Tim Clark, the decision to ban all onboard paper ... Read full entry

Rising fuel prices may make travelling by Zeppelin airships appealing once more, especially as the latter day versions use helium rather than hydrogen for floatation, making them somewhat safer than the Zeppelins of earlier times. Germany has recently been producing airships again, which could soon be ferrying people around Europe and even to farther-off destinations. The slow-moving zeppelins are still as fast as high-speed trains, and in addition to ... Read full entry

A collection of photos of the in-flight meals served on supersonic aircraft Concorde. With the cost of tickets ranging in price from £3000 for an economy flight, to £8000 for first class seats, you'd hope the food would have been well above par. And it seems it was, if this review of one Concorde meal, was anything to go by. The smoked salmon was absolutely wonderful, just melting in my ... Read full entry

The hypersonic plane designed to reach Australia in under five hours Flying between Australia and North Europe could virtually become a day trip, if plans to build a craft, dubbed the A2, that could complete the journey in four hours and 40 minutes, come to fruition. The artist's impression looks like something out of a science fiction film. But a hypersonic passenger plane that could fly to Australia from northern Europe ... Read full entry