#Airplane
14 articles
Business Class Etiquette: Rules of Good Manners
Business class is not just a lie-flat seat, a chef’s menu on porcelain dishes, and priority boarding. It is, first and foremost, a space of enhanced comfort, where personal boundaries and quiet are va…
Depressurization and Oxygen Masks
Depressurization is, perhaps, the most popular plot in disaster movies. On-screen heroes battle icy winds and objects flying around the cabin, but in reality, the main danger looks different. It is in…
Livery as Art: Unusual Aircraft Paint Schemes Around the World
When boarding, you probably don’t think about how many liters of paint it took for a multi-ton fuselage to get its final look. Usually, planes carry the airline’s name, but there are exceptions when t…
How Aircraft Ventilation Works
Air at an altitude of 11,000 meters is an environment where a person cannot survive for even a minute. The temperature there drops to −50°C, the pressure is three times lower than usual, and oxygen is…
Which Airlines Have the Fastest Internet
Just ten years ago, onboard Wi-Fi seemed like magic: loading a single page of text took an eternity, and the price for a couple of megabytes was comparable to lunch at the airport. Today, the situatio…
How not to miss your flight
Missing a flight is every traveler’s classic nightmare. Unlike a train, which you can catch at the next station, or a bus, where the driver might wait “just a minute more,” aviation is strict. The gat…
How to dress for a plane if you’re flying from winter to summer
Outside, it’s twenty below zero, a blizzard sweeps the roads, and daylight ends before it even begins. In such moments, the only thing that warms the soul is the cherished itinerary receipt in your em…
How to choose a comfortable seat on a plane
Are you choosing a seat on the plane at random or relying on a ‘distribution lottery’? That’s fine too! But if you approach the question of which seats to choose on a plane wisely, there’s a chance to…
What is an aircraft technical stop
We explain how an aircraft technical stop works: what it means, why it occurs, and what compensation passengers are entitled to. What is a technical stop A technical stop is a landing at an intermedia…
Toilet on a plane: everything you wanted to know about it
We tell you what they used to be like, where waste goes (no, it’s not dumped into the sky), and what toilet problems every passenger should be wary of. Historical background: what toilets were like on…
Why might you be denied boarding?
If you have a plane ticket, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll fly. And we’re not talking about flight delays or cancellations. At least 6 obstacles can stand between you and your dream vacation. Bad…
Where to fly on an A380?
The Airbus A380 is currently considered not only the largest (accommodating up to 853 passengers) airliner in the world, but also the most comfortable.