Where do you like sitting on an airplane? At the very front or the very back? At a window or an aisle? According to research by British Airways, the most popular seats on a Boeing 747 are 51B/51C, 52B/52C, 51H/51J and 52 H/52J. That's all the way in the back of the plane. Read More >>
Featured comment by teenflon5:
"This could annoy the pilots quite considerably and compromise the safety of the flight, but it couldn't 'take control' of the plane. ADS-B and ACARS a..." More »
When you're flying anywhere you can pretty much turn the whole day into a black hole. The airport/in-flight Wi-Fi wasn't working. We sat at the gate for an hour. We were in a holding pattern. It's great. But sometimes, sometimes you actually want to get where you're going. Read More >>
Bad news for those carrying a few extra pounds: Samoa Air has become the world's first airline to introduce a pricing policy which charges passengers by body weight, following a Norwegian professor's shock assertions on the subject last week. Time to diet? Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"I think we've reached the end of this one, the two positions both have their merits but I'll never believe it makes a difference whether someone has c..." More »
There once was a Golden Age Of Flying. You didn't have to queue up, strip down, and surrender your beverage to the Goon Squad. Meals were served on real plates instead of sad, soggy cardboard boxes. The act of travelling itself was a pleasant part of the journey—instead of a necessary act of mass-transit. These conveniences still exist for the very rich, but there was a time when all of us had access to a fantastic world in the sky. That world is never coming back, but it's still nice to look back and fondly remember. Read More >>
Featured comment by strongp:
"The photo is of a very early prototype or a mock-up, I was lucky enough to enter a mockup in Bristol in 1971 and it had the later adjustable cockpit ..." More »
Google Now, arguably the best thing about owning an Android phone right now, has just gotten a boost in the war with Apple's Passbook. It'll now search your email for flight confirmations and grab your boarding passes, plus fire flight notifications at you. Currently it only supports certain airlines, but it's expanding rapidly. Awesome. [Google via Android Community] Read More >>
Featured comment by Cnr_22:
"Call me old-fashioned (I'm 21 btw) but I'm still amazed at the fact I search for a postcode on my computer, head out and Google now has a card ready a..." More »
Which would you like more? £1 million, or the chance to knee the long-haired Virgin Atlantic owner in the family jewels? If you're the boss of British Airways, it's quite clearly the latter. Read More >>
Featured comment by shadowmatt:
"When people truly realise Branson is helping privatise the NHS while making a fortune doing it I think quite a lot more people would like to see him k..." More »
Hailing from a country a good day's flight away, I've become pretty familiar with the various "entertainment systems" (if you can call some of them that) airlines offer their passengers. You're probably familiar with that sinking feeling when you discover a plane doesn't have on-demand movies, resulting in another 108 minutes to start watching your chosen time-waster from the opening scenes? Read More >>
Featured comment by audaxero:
"Alas, my next flight's on one of their A340-600's seemingly, so no joy (also I need to be ready to work as soon as I arrive so no 12 hours of movies f..." More »
Virgin's become the first UK airline to add Passbook integration to online check-in, allowing you to send your boarding card straight to your iOS device, rather than doing that old-fashioned thing of printing out a boarding pass. All hail the onwards march of progress -- even if it does have an god-awful QR code for a face. Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"Auto-updating of flight info and gate is quite nice though.
Especially at London airports where the gates are assigned close to departure." More »
As one of the billboard features of Apple iOS 6, Passbook has proven way more useful than we initially anticipated, but what's really going to make this a killer feature in the future is having all of the world's airlines on board. A few months after launch, Passbook is making some progress towards that ticketing utopia. Read More >>
Featured comment by paultomes:
"Aeroflot now issue Passbook Boarding Passes and look great. They also link to their app on the back of the Pass." More »
Passengers flying in a British Airways' airplane from Miami to London thought they were going to die last Friday, when a recorded voice announced: "This is an emergency, we will shortly be making an emergency landing on water." Read More >>
If high school taught me anything, where you sit—and who you sit next to—in the cafeteria is absolutely imperative to your social status and future happiness. And that lesson is now being retaught by a Dutch airline—they'll let you chose your seatmate based on their social media profile. Read More >>
"Hotels around the world have it, so why wouldn't we?" is what Michael O'Leary, boss of budget airline Ryanair, says about in-flight porn. Joining the mile high club might be about to get a lot quicker and easier. Read More >>
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