Airlines

Flying is getting more comfortable by the minute, especially with the advent of the new A380 plane, slowly being rolled out across the world. The latest plan is that Emirates Airlines will include showers on its Airbus A380 planes to be used on long haul flights by first class passengers.
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You almost certainly book your airline flights online. Chances are that you use a major website such as Expedia or Travelocity which aggregates all of the fares from different airlines and puts them in one place for you. If you’re a savvier shopper, you might actually go to the websites of those airlines that appear [...]

As a recent 20/20 investigation reports travelers and airlines often have very different ideas about what constitutes an on time departure.

Business travelers flying into Singapore’s Changi Airport can avoid the long queues at passport control at JetQuay, the terminal’s “elite gateway.”
JetQuay is basically a separate terminal for travelers who are CIP (Commercially Important Persons). For a fee of between S$150 and S$350 (around US$100 – $250), JetQuay offers three levels of service named Gateway, [...]

Now available as an extension for Firefox, Yapta allows you to track fare prices across the Internet with the click of a mouse.
Here’s how it works: After you download the extension, visit Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity or your chosen airline site and enter your itinerary then tag it to your My Trips. Yapta will begin tracking [...]

Everybody knows these days that when you fly, you increase the risk of getting a thrombosis, or blood clot in your veins. The combination of inactivity and being dehydrated mean that the risk of getting a DVT–deep vein thrombosis, usually in the leg– increase if you fly.
Researchers in the Netherlands have released [...]

Frequent business travelers have airport security down to a science, but for people who only make the occasional trip, the Transportation Security Administration has published its 3-1-1 tips to help you understand the current security process.
Three stands for how many ounces of a liquid or gel you can bring on board. Transfer your liquids or [...]

Starting in November, Virgin Atlantic is offering business class travelers to do a drive-through check-in at Heathrow Airport.
It works like this: The car that’s bringing you to the airport drives up a special ramp to the first floor area near Departures in Terminal 3. A host meets you, tags your luggage and checks you in [...]