Travelers who are passionate about wandering to new destinations often put a hold on their exploration owing to expenses. In order to fulfill all their travel wishes, and to save money for their next trips, they need to cut down flight expenses. If
Loreto Costa Krämer, it seems, was born to fly. Si
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Making a smooth trip is an every traveler's goal. However, quite often, they need to connect on different airlines, and that means running the risk of missing their flights. In this post I'll look at simple tips you can employ to ensure you avoid m
People are traveling more than ever before, and the reasons behind this are quite numerous. First, the means of commute are more sophisticated than they’ve ever been before, and via plane, you can now make a voyage in a matter of hours, instead of
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Traveling by plane is of course one of the safest (and fastest) methods of getting from point A to point B, but crowded airports, long waits at security checkpoints and baggage restrictions can make flying a nightmare when you have a disability.
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With fear of flying a not-uncommon affliction, there is a lot of advice floating around out there on how to overcome it. But a good percentage of the afflicted, despite “trying everything”, have still found no relief, and they believe they cannot b
Planning for a short trip and wondering what to use to pack your personal items? Well, a carry-on backpack is the solution for you. It may be difficult to pick the best, but having the main features to look for will help you purchase the right backpa
Family vacations are special events indeed, but they can also be very challenging for parents to get through. Air travel is especially difficult and can be the cause of significant levels of stress for the entire family. Unfortunately for many types
This past weekend I had the honor of being one of the select few media invitees to TAP Air Portugal’s presentation of its first Airbus A330neo – and not only its first, but the first of any airline. In just 18 years since its founding, the European
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Muscat is a historically and culturally rich city in Oman, the Persian-Gulf emirate on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Muscat is most famous for impressive souks, and delicious seafood. Besides these, one must not miss out the following t
Read more…Who doesn't love frolicking around the world, discovering novel realms, roaming around the lovely cities, watching new people, eating delicious local foods, and trying something new, something adventurous? Traveling makes you feel fresh and give yo
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One of the first things that come to a person’s mind after going through hours of travel planning and booking the flight tickets is what to pack and what not to. Yes, baggage plays an important part of any journey and when you travel by flight, ther
With 70 destinations and 133 aircraft, Saudi Airlines is the third largest in the Middle East, with Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam as its main hubs. The airline pride itself on its network strengths to Asia, Europe, Africa and North America, and is aware
When and How Fear of Flying Can Start
When fear of flying develops, it's sometimes because there has been a bad flight. But, in many cases, difficulty begins for no apparent reason. The average age of onset is 27. The truth is, many of us become more
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Anxious fliers wonder how others fly with so little trouble. Confident fliers can’t quite understand why anyone has trouble. Why the difference? Feelings of inflight anxiety, claustrophobia, and panic are caused when stress hormones build up. These
In this day and age, for every person who takes care about what he or she eats, it seems many more are still fairly careless about it. But even those who watch what they eat may not realize that conditions while flying in a commercial jetliner – espe
The complex computerized behemoths that ply the skies today obviously require correspondingly enormous and complex support and maintenance operations to keep them in flying fettle. A good example is the primary maintenance facilities of Iberia Airlin
When many of us are wee nippers, we stare up at the clouds in fascination at the various and multifarious fantastic forms simple water droplets are capable of creating in our atmosphere. As Joni Mitchell once sang it, “rows and flows of angel hair/an
Not long ago, a video went viral on YouTube, racking up more than 10 million views. Apart from the fact that the 1,200-millimetre telephoto lens thoroughly flattens both the foreground and background, making the airplanes seem suspended in midair, wh
There’s no doubt that landing a giant aircraft in fog is not among a pilot’s favourite things. Fortunately, many airports in the second decade of the 21st century are equipped with advanced instrument landing systems (ILS) sophisticated enough to avo
