WHO INVENTED THE TROLLEY?
55 x 40 x 20 cm
These are the maximum measurements allowed for your hand luggage on board our flights.
Before 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the luggage market was constantly growing at a strong +6% per year. Until this point, the sector had...
HISTORY OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Aeroplanes are an irresistible means of transportation!
But have you ever thought why they’re so fascinating? Perhaps because they challenge the laws of gravity, maybe because of their engineering complexity or could it because they offer us a different perspective on the world? It’s this...
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR FLIGHT
The biggest, the smallest, the heaviest, the strongest, the most resistant: today we’re talking about records. Flying records, of course.
Some aeroplane records are considered milestones in terms of aviation, changing the world and revolutionising transport and communication. Such as the first commercial flights from...
AIRCRAFT PARTS TRANSFORMED INTO DESIGNER FURNITURE
The current buzzword is upcycling.
Have you ever heard of designer furniture obtained from things or parts of things which used to be something else? Reusing means using an object again for the same purpose for which it was made, whilst upcycling adds a creative...
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PASSPORT
The passport is perhaps the document most loved by globe-trotters. For some of them it’s almost a fetish. Each stamp a memento, each page a story to tell.
But what’s the story behind this booklet full of inky souvenirs? How did people used to travel...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT SEATS
Comfortable, covered, reclining and strictly equipped with seat belts: modern aircraft seats are small, comfortable, multifunctional armchairs.
Like all other parts that make up an aeroplane, the seats have evolved over time, eventually becoming as we know them today.
The first aeroplanes
As we mentioned in...
VIDEO GAMES FLIGHT SIMULATOR
We’ve already talked at length about how flight is fascinating from many points of view. As time goes by, our blog is becoming a small encyclopaedia covering every aspect of flight, from the strictly technical aspects (with our AVGeek section) to more fun elements,...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY: WRITER AND AVIATOR
Nothing about Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s life has anything to do with the classic artist cliché. He wasn’t poor, reckless or troubled. Yet the French writer and aviator has left the world with some small masterpieces of creativity.
This aviator of noble birth, who died in...
SCENES SET ON AEROPLANES IN TV SERIES
Necessary premise: it’s never a good sign when a TV series starts on an aeroplane. Just think of the enormously popular TV series Lost (2004-2010), Manifest, created by Jeff Rake in 2018, and the latest Belgian series Into the Night.
In this article, thankfully, we’re...
AIRPLANE! (1980)
If we were to establish a ranking of the funniest films of all time, Airplane! would definitely get a place of honour.
As a matter of fact, in 2000 the American Film Institute placed it number ten in the rank of AFI's 100 Years... 100...