According to a new survey from Expedia, germ spreading airline passengers are now more annoying than drunks.  The hotel booking site found that 40% of American’s found passengers who cough and splutter throughout a flight are the most annoying type…

Let me start off by saying that ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) entertainment streaming – a service that a growing number of airlines from full-service to ultra-low-cost are starting to offer – isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  In fact, in…

If you haven’t heard, your favourite airline could be spying on you with hidden cameras lurking within the plane’s in-flight entertainment system.  That’s at least the conspiracy theory that emerged just over a week ago when one eagle-eyed Singapore Airlines…

New research by HSBC reveals that airline passengers have helped create a booming new economy valued at something in the region of $400.5 billion USD – with a staggering $1.26 billion being added every single day.  It’s an economy which…

As much of Europe swelters in near record-breaking temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is already predicting that 2018 will be the fourth hottest year on record.  By global standards, only three years have been hotter – 2016 takes…

Campaigners are calling for the International Criminal Court at the Hague to investigate so-called ‘aerotoxic syndrome’ – a condition which is supposedly caused by dangerous chemicals and engine oil particles getting into the cabin air which is then breathed in…

On April 12th, Rashon Nelson and Nante Robinson, two young black African American men were arrested at a Starbucks store in Philadephia after sitting down without first buying anything.  The men said they had simply been waiting for a friend…

At long last, the spotlight is being cast on in-flight sexual assault and harassment – A crime that travellers seem oblivious to and airlines apparently ignore.  In the last few weeks, the Association of Flight Attendants released a shocking report…

We all love a good bargain, right?  And no more so than when it comes to getting a cheap flight deal – just look at the rise and rise of low-cost airlines.  And partly fueling the increasing dominance of the…

The summer season in the Northern Hemisphere has well and truly started and the mercury is starting to inch higher and higher.  But as long hot, sunny days will undoubtedly be welcomed by most people, it can bring a lot…

A few months ago we asked why airlines weren’t providing specific training for cabin crew and flight attendants to deal with allegations of sexual assault and harassment onboard their flights.  At the time, most airlines said they had measures to…