Why aren’t airports happier places?
They should be, right? It’s the start of journeys. Continue Reading
Airlines
Mexico City is apparently building a massive, squid-esque airport
Look at this thing. It’s described as “X-Shape,” but it really does kind of look like a squid or other sea creature. Mexico City is the ninth-largest city in the world, and this thing is apparently going to cost $9… Continue Reading
Where can you get the cheapest flight from?
We have some science behind when you should book travel to get the best discounts, and now we have a little bit of science around where you should fly from. Of course, the latter is a little bit restrictive, as people tend to fly… Continue Reading
This Cor Pan Facebook post from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is terrifying
You likely know the tragedy of Flight MH17 by now, but you may not know this story about Cor Pan, a Dutch man. Because he was flying on Malaysian Airlines — and remember, Flight 370 was only a few months… Continue Reading
Four of the five most popular US airline routes involve a New York City airport
Check out that graph above, via Quartz and via PlaneStats. I’ve always heard that LGA/JFK — > MIA is a thing (makes sense with warm weather and all), and I used to thump that stat for days at airport bars back when because… Continue Reading
From April 2013 to April 2014, only 72.9 percent of Southwest flights were on time; that’s the third-lowest in the industry
Admittedly, they have good fares and good customer service — but apparently they don’t take off on time or arrive on time very well. They were at 72.9 percent from April to April (’13 to ’14), which is the third-lowest in… Continue Reading
Air travel can be hellacious. But whom do you blame more: the airlines or the other passengers?
Air travel is pretty much the safest and most time-relevant method of long-distance travel ever invented, so let’s not knock it completely — even though it isn’t doing any wonders for the environment and some processes therein, like boarding, are completely… Continue Reading
Brief thought exercise: as the price of airfare (likely) begins/continues to rise, will we see more people settle near their families?
Planes do require fuel to fly, and as fossil fuel extraction becomes pricier over time, it stands to reason that flights will, too. If you don’t generally believe any of this, consider this fact: from ’09 to ’14, flight costs… Continue Reading