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How to cope with aerophobia

The human body is clearly not designed for flight. This is once again confirmed by a survey conducted by the website NEWSru Travel, in which readers were asked whether they are afraid of flying on…

UK eases rules for carrying hand luggage on planes

UK from January 2008 will ease rules for carrying hand luggage for air passengers, tightened after the uncovering of a terrorist conspiracy at London's Heathrow Airport in August last year. This was…

Gates Flung Open to the Sky

Airfares Rise

British Airways increased the fuel surcharge on all its flights as of November 15. On European routes, the fee rose from 8 to 10 pounds ($21) per segment, on long-haul flights of up to 9 hours – from…

Some Airports Worse than the Worst

London's Heathrow has been named the worst airport in the world, sharing first place with Chicago's international airport. They are followed by the airports of New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and…

Airliner Takes to the Sky

The world's only double-decker aircraft capable of carrying up to 850 passengers at once, the Airbus A380, made its first commercial flight. The highly publicized Singapore Airlines flight, tickets…

Secret List of Averted Disasters

Not wanting to upset travelers, NASA management decided not to disclose the results of an unprecedented survey of pilots, which found that safety problems during air travel – such as the threat of…

Russia to Fly Under New Rules

Russia's Ministry of Transport has published an order that air carriers must now follow when providing their services. According to experts, the new air transportation rules are better than the…

"Profiling": The Departure Interview

Airports around the world are actively introducing new pre-flight and post-flight screening rules – following Western models. Moreover, a method called 'profiling' – a pre-flight interview, touted as…

Direct Route to America

In August, Delta Air Lines celebrated the 10th anniversary of its general ticket sales agency in Ukraine. The Kyiv office was opened in July 1997, nine years before the first regular flights between…

Divine Airlines

The Vatican, for which tourism constitutes a significant source of revenue, has decided to acquire its own airline to transport pilgrims to Catholic shrines. The first flight of the Holy See's budget…

Virus on board the plane

The World Health Organization (WHO) is sounding the alarm: over the past five years, about 1,100 outbreaks of epidemics have been recorded on the planet, including cholera, polio, and bird flu. One…