Aviation
★★★★
Airport reviews
This new airport is the gateway to Thailand’s emerging beach hotspots
This new $62.5 million airport is well designed and well run (with one exception).
- by John Borthwick
Bring wet wipes: Former Qantas captain reveals his travel secrets
As a former Qantas captain with more than 35 years’ experience, pilot Jeremy Burfoot has seen it all at altitude, from mile-high club moments to in-air emergencies.
- by Julietta Jameson
Not everyone loves British Airways’ buzzy Bridgerton take
Experts are divided on the trend for airlines to use cinematic safety briefings.
- by Kelsey Ables
Opinion
Tripologist
The airlines offering cheaper versions of business class
You can save on a business-class fare if you’re willing to forgo some of the perks you’d usually expect.
- by Michael Gebicki
The spectacular rise and fall of the ‘Communist Concorde’
Where Britain and France conjured Concorde, Russia forged the Tupolev Tu-144 – a jet so loud passengers could barely hear each other.
- by Chris Leadbeater
Big is back: The superjumbo’s post-pandemic resurgence
Predictions that the Airbus A380 superjumbo was dead have failed to come true. In fact, Airbus has hinted it might start building them again.
- by John Arlidge
★★★★½
Airport reviews
This cramped, daggy airport is my new favourite
This isn’t a flashy, modern airport, and it doesn’t have many exciting facilities, but I love New Chitose with all of my stomach and heart.
- by Ben Groundwater
The truth behind 13 rules of flying you (probably) didn’t know about
What happens when aircraft seats are too comfortable? Your plane can be grounded, that’s what. Here are air travel’s strangest regulations.
- by John Arlidge
Flight attendant reveals how crew deal with aggressive passengers
“We’re watching you at the airport”: How airline staff deal with rising air rage incidents – and what you can do to help.
- by Jay Robert
Airline review: This economy class is ‘very economy’, but excels at it
Scoot owns being a low-cost airline and excels in this niche. If you know what to expect, you can prepare and endure.
- by Flip Byrnes
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