A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM
If you’re truly passionate about aviation, then you must have been to a museum dedicated to aeroplanes at least once in your life, haven’t you?
There are hundreds of them around the world. Aviation, aerospace, war, science and technology museums satisfy the curiosity of flying...
PRIDE! THERE’S A TOUCH OF TURQUOISE IN THE RAINBOW TOO
As an airline, we’re interested first and foremost in the needs of all of our passengers, whether they’re occasional travellers or frequent flyers.
In the past few weeks, we’ve used the rainbow flag as our profile picture on our social media. Most people know that...
AEROPLANES IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Almost all of us have dreamt of flying at some point. During REM sleep, our unconscious shows our desires and wishes and offers us useful advice, somehow showing us the direction to follow. It’s a difficult phenomenon to explain scientifically, but art is usually...
SINGING IN THE AIR
Writers and poets have always considered flying to be a mysterious and fascinating concept, but music may well be its most successful field. Let’s set aside for a moment Sinatra’s "Fly me to the Moon", all of those songs about "your mind flying away",...
PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO WHILE ON THE PLANE
What can you do while flying?
As you probably already know, you can read a book or magazine, or take a nap if you’re one of those people who can sleep on cue.
Today, though, we’d like to recommend some great podcasts you can listen to,...
HOW TO PAINT AN AEROPLANE AND WHY ALL AEROPLANES ARE WHITE
Painting an aeroplane is not exactly the same as painting a car.
When an airline chooses a livery, they have to take into consideration several factors, not just aesthetic ones.
Let’s start with the most obvious thing: almost all aeroplanes are white. The financial factor is...
WHO INVENTED THE AIRPLANE TRAY TABLE?
The first ever meal was served on a flight from London to Paris on 1 May 1927. The luxury service was called ‘Silver Wing’ because in those days the most exclusive airplanes had shining silver fuselages.
Silver Wing lunches consisted of highly sophisticated dishes, a...
WHY IS THE COMMAND BAR CALLED THE “CLOCHE” IN ITALIAN?
Each article on our blog is translated into three languages: Italian, German and English. Sometimes we talk about themes that cross over between languages, but in some cases the use of one language rather than another requires further clarification.
No sooner said than done! In...
NOVELS TO TAKE ON HOLIDAY
Last day at the office.
TO DO:
Set-up an auto reply for your work e-mails. ✓
Check your garden sprinkler system. ✓
Empty the fridge: chicks won’t hatch out of eggs in a month, but the eggs will become nuclear weapons! ✓
Pack your bag. ✓
Turn off the gas....
WHO ARE PLANE SPOTTERS?
Are you familiar with birdwatching?
It’s an activity, somewhere between a hobby and studying, involving observing birds in their natural environment.
Swap birds for aeroplanes and you get plane spotting. :)
Plane spotters are passionate about aeroplanes and sometimes also photography. They lie in wait in strategic...