Flying internationally to Mexico during COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the airline industry. While some countries are allowing visitors once again, quarantine measures have s... Continue Reading
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Exploring Seattle-Tacoma International Airport amid COVID
As someone who has spent most of the last six months isolating at home and in my neighborhood, I am missing airports. So, I masked up and st... Continue Reading
Hygiene expectations post-COVID: a generation of Naomi Campbells?
“I love travelling.” Naomi Campbell proclaimed aboard a Qatar Airways Airbus A380 in Nice during July of 2019, as she proceeded to don prote... Continue Reading
What passenger experience future for Airbus hydrogen aircraft?
Airbus has chosen its preferred technology for the next generation of aircraft power: hydrogen. With the release of three concepts in the re... Continue Reading
Will COVID-19 drive Basic Business class segmented fares?
In financial terms, the seats on a flight are the most distressed of inventories: once the aircraft doors shut, they have hit a hard “use by... Continue Reading
Corporate travel and physical distancing: a duty of care?
After past external shocks that have affected the airline industry, corporate travel has usually been among the very first sectors to reboun... Continue Reading
Aviation’s square root-shaped four-stage COVID-19 recovery process
Talking with people throughout the aviation industry, the general consensus is that the initial phases of the impact of COVID-19 on airlines... Continue Reading
What it’s like to fly BWI-LAX-BWI on Southwest during COVID
Traveling by air during the COVID-19 crisis is certainly not the same experience as flying in pre-pandemic days. But on a recent Southwest r... Continue Reading
Kid-friendly BC Ferries offers leisurely transport to Vancouver Island
Ferry service provider BC Ferries offers a popular form of transportation for those who need to travel between Vancouver and the coastal and... Continue Reading
From Broken Hill to Sydney, 14 outback hours by train
When people think about long-distance rail journeys in Australia, the ones that come to mind are the Ghan, the Indian Pacific: the continent... Continue Reading
Goodbye to British Airways’ baby bus, the all-premium A318
Originally used as flight numbers for the legendary Concorde, BA1 and BA2 were more recently associated with the British Airways Club World ... Continue Reading
Let’s evolve airport lounge thinking from the “business center”
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way our world works — and the world of work — in myriad different ways, including for people with the ... Continue Reading
When the aviation bug bites hard and never subsides
I was four years old when Santa Claus gave me a Spitfire model kit on a visit to his in-store grotto. Grandad assembled and painted it; with... Continue Reading
Reflecting on the best flight(s) I’ve ever taken
Like many folks in aviation, I’m often asked to describe the best flight I’ve been fortunate enough to take. The answer? It’s complicated, b... Continue Reading
Historic Blue Islands launch provides AvGeek adventure
Coronavirus claimed UK regional airline Flybe on 5 March, when the ailing carrier collapsed into administration, taking many of the country’... Continue Reading
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