Why it feels wrong to say flying is safer than driving – but the numbers don’t lie
With all the recent headlines about plane crashes, it’s understandable for a person to feel uneasy about flying. A plane landing upside down at the …
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This US state is about to lose all of its commercial airline service
If you were thinking of booking a flight to Delaware soon, you might want to reconsider or figure out an alternative method of transportation. In …
Airlines have canceled an insane number of flights since Friday morning
The federal government is doing that thing again. The thing where its COVID-19 response and messaging appears to flail in response to the chaos of …
Airport lines may be a thing of the past as TSA explores more advanced screening technology
It’s no secret that air travel can be a dizzying and frustrating experience that can sometimes require people to show up at the airport a …
Searching for cheap flights? Now is the time to book if you’re willing to take a risk
Airfare is often the biggest component of the budget whenever most people travel, so suffice it to say that people’s hunt for cheap flights never …
Passengers bled from their ears on a flight after pilots forgot to pressurize the cabin
In what sounds like the opening to a rather gruesome horror flick, multiple passengers aboard a Jet Airways flight on Thursday were injured when the …
This is why flying is so expensive
Have you ever wondered why it costs so much to fly? With summer approaching, you’re probably checking travel sites on a daily basis in order …
Incredible zero gravity experiments with water caught on camera
Every day from December 1st to December 25th, The Royal Institution of Great Britain is opening a new box on its virtual advent calendar and …
Why a pilot’s death isn’t the scariest thing that can happen on a plane
Tragedy struck the skies on Monday when the pilot of an American Airlines jetliner fell ill and died on a flight from Phoenix to Boston. The co-pilot was …
Airbus has designed an airplane seating plan that can only be described as ‘sadistic’
I wouldn’t blame you for reading that headline and thinking to yourself, “Well, this guy’s probably overreacting.” I get it — it can’t be that …
Airfares will soon be the cheapest they’ve been in four years
If you’re planning to book any flights this fall, you might want to wait until August. According to Montreal-based analytics company Hopper, the price of an …
Watch in awe as an F-16 fighter jet ascends to 15,000 feet in 20 seconds
One of the most nerve-wracking parts of a flight for many people is takeoff. Once the plane is at cruising altitude, everything’s all right, but …
Government watchdog says that in-flight WiFi could allow hackers to hijack planes
In a report released earlier this week, U.S. government watchdog group GAO (Government Accountability Office) warned that the increasing connectivity of our aircraft, from flight tracking …
You’ll never want to fly again after watching this video of a plane in a winter storm
Fear of flying is all too common, but it’s typically unfounded. Your chances of being in an accident are astronomical, but if you went through what …
TSA’s new app could make dealing with airport security less of a nightmare
The advent of the PreCheck program has made trips to the airport far less stressful, but how does the TSA keep the screening process secure …
Blogger shows the world how to sneak anything past TSA’s nude body scanners [video]
The United States Transportation Security Administration recently invested $1 billion in body scanner technology it claimed would make air travel safer, but the scanners have come …
American Airlines offers Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets to first class passengers
American Airlines is starting to offer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 units to its first class passengers as an entertainment option during several flights, Mashable is …
JetBlue Using eBay in Attempt to Boost Sluggish Sales
Now is most definitely not a good time to run a US (or any) airline. People are traveling less, the economy is basically in the …
