Air Travel

Pacific crossings, if flown directly, often offer few straightforward refueling points and minimal options for quick diversions. If planes cannot easily refuel or quickly divert, are such routes safe, or even possible? The use of such routings depends heavily on the aircraft used and on the exact starting point and destination in question, and it […]

Swiss is consistently rated as a safe airline to fly with. The airline is IATA IOSA certified and its safety regulator, FOCA, is one of the world’s leading civil aviation safety regulators, meaning that Swiss aircraft and crew licensing standards, and airline safety protocols are among the best monitored and regulated in the world. Fatal

There’s a fascinating story about airport location codes. Yes, really, it’s interesting and there’s more to it than you might initially think! In this article, I’m going to give some background to how airport codes are designated, and then focus on a particular peculiarity – the presence of the letter ‘X’ in airport codes. Finally,

I last flew with Greece’s flag carrier, Aegean Airlines, several years ago while in Athens for my studies. The flights I took in Aegean’s all-Airbus fleet provided opportunities to use Athens as a jumping point to explore other interesting cities like Tel-Aviv, Milan, and Cairo. Those flights still stand out to me for their clean

AirAsia is headquartered in Malaysia and began operations in 1996. It is made up of AirAsia plus a number of subsidiary/affiliate airlines including Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, and AirAsia India. AirAsia and some of its subsidiary/affiliate airlines are consistently ranked highly in the annual Skytrax best low-cost airline awards and the airline is

KLM is consistently rated as a safe airline to fly with. Among others, it was ranked number two in the Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre’s (JADEC) 2022 audit. Additionally, fatal accidents involving KLM aircraft are very rare. The last one occurred 45 years ago and since then KLM has suffered only a small number

Singapore Airlines has a relatively good, but not perfect safety record. During its operational history, it has suffered one fatal crash. This accident happened in 2000 and was Singapore Airlines’ only crash resulting in a total loss of aircraft. Since this accident, Singapore Airlines has not had any accidents which have resulted in injuries to

When a bird collides with an aircraft it is called a bird strike. Bird strikes can result in devastating accidents and can lead to significant aircraft damage. Globally, wildlife (birds, mammals, etc.) strikes killed more than 301 people and destroyed over 298 aircraft during the period between 1988 and 2021. Probably the most famous bird

Lufthansa has a relatively good, but not perfect safety record. During its operational history, it has suffered some fatal crashes, but only one within the last thirty years. The airline is fully safety-compliant with local and international standards and many consider it to be one of the safest airlines in the world. In the article