Air Travel

Finally It's 2019 Again: Looking Back at Travel in the COVID-19 Era

Finally It’s 2019 Again: Looking Back at Travel in the COVID-19 Era

At long last, on April 29, 2023, Japan canceled all of its COVID-19-related travel restrictions, joining the vast majority of other countries. Perhaps realizing the limited benefit of those measures at this point, the date the restrictions expired was moved up from the originally scheduled May 8, 2023. In either case, with my recent trip …

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Lufthansa Airbus A380

Lufthansa A380s in 2023: Routes, Fleet & Retirement Plans

Lufthansa is one of the three European airlines that received brand new A380s from Airbus. That said, just like British Airways and Air France, it grounded the superjumbos during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the airline, at one point, decided to retire its A380s for good, it backtracked on that decision. With that, Lufthansa is in …

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Runway Markings: All You Need to Know

Runway Markings: All You Need to Know

Did you ever look out of an aircraft window and notice the paint marking on the airport runway and wonder what they all mean? Runway paint markings are visual markers that help guide pilots and ensure safe aircraft take-offs and landings. And, if you’re intrigued to understand more about these markings and how they help …

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Is VivaAeroBus Safe? (Yes, It Is.)

Is Viva AeroBus Safe? (Yes, It Is.)

If you are about to fly with an airline you never heard of, you might be wondering if it’s safe. The short answer is that air travel continues to be one of the safest forms of travel. In 2022, a busy year for air travel, there were a total of 33 accidents involving commercial passenger …

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The Most Punctual Airlines and Airports in 2022

The Most Punctual Airlines and Airports in 2022

The airline industry is in a state of recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in 2020 and extending through to 2022, lockdowns and travel restrictions were imposed by many governments, passenger numbers were a fraction of what they were prior to the pandemic, and many aircraft remained in storage in vast aircraft parking ‘lots.’ The …

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Swiss A340-300

Swiss A340s in 2023: Routes, Fleet & Retirement Plans

Lufthansa Group airlines Lufthansa, Swiss, and Edelweiss Air are some of the last few remaining Airbus A340 operators in the world. Arguably, they are also the easiest options when it comes to flying on the type. While the former flies the type from Frankfurt and Munich, the latter two airlines operate out of Zurich. In …

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Push Back

Flight Duration and Scheduling: Block Time vs. Flight Time vs. Airborne Time

When different people talk about how long their flight is, they might mean different things. Some might say “I’m taking a 20-hour flight to Japan” and include two flights and a transfer time in their calculation. Others might say “it’s a 12-hour flight” and mean just the actual flying time – i.e. the time their …

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Is Lufthansa a Good Airline? (Seats, Meals, Entertainment & More)

Is Lufthansa a Good Airline? (Seats, Meals, Entertainment & More)

Being one of the largest airlines in Europe, chances are that Lufthansa pops up as one of the options if you are looking for flights from Europe to far flung destinations or for intra-European flights to Germany. With that, you might be wondering what flying with Lufthansa is like in terms of hard and soft …

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Emirates 777-300ER Economy class

Is Emirates a Good Airline? (Seats, Meals, Entertainment & More)

Emirates has an extensive network of flights out of its hub in Dubai and oftentimes relatively low prices. As such, chances are that if you are looking for, let’s say, flights from the United States to Southeast Asia or from Asia to Europe, the airline will show up in your search results. Before deciding whether …

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