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Articles on Flying
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Geese honk loudly and point their bills toward the sky when they’re ready to start the migration. Here’s how they know it’s time, how they navigate and how they conserve energy on the grueling trip.
Citizens of the United States and Canada have both had the exact same information regarding the spread of COVID-19, but their attitudes about flying are very different.
Human genes are one of the main reasons we can’t grow wings. And even if humans did have wings, they wouldn’t necessarily allow us to fly.
We analysed what the world’s top 58 airlines – such as American Airlines, British Airways and Qantas – are doing about climate change. Even the best airlines are not doing anywhere near enough.
Weaker winds and higher temperatures are making airlines less efficient.
The day and a half it takes to get from New York to Singapore and back offers plenty of time to ponder the economics of ultra-long-haul flights – and wonder why we’d want to make it any longer.
Flying plays havoc with people’s ears. But it’s a lot worse if your cabin suddenly loses pressure.
Commonly recommended sleeping tablets aren’t appropriate for plane travel. Here’s why.
Every December Australia’s air travel peaks, as we travel to family and friends (or flee on holiday). Many buy carbon offsets for these flights – but what do they actually do to our carbon emissions?
Flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction for years, and now companies are now starting to look at such options. But what will it take to get our cars off the ground?
With little hope of finding alternatives to jet fuel, we need to seriously consider a world without flying.
Long awaited changes to the regulations on some drone flights in Australia are set to give the industry a shake up.
The collective wisdom of expert crowds could provide the answer to the Malaysia Airlines mystery.
With air travel no longer possessing the romantic allure it once did, the structure is slated to become a hotel.
There aren’t many animals high up in the Himalayas, but the odd bird passes by. Each year bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) travel from their breeding grounds in China and Mongolia to spend winter in the…
Frequent flyer programs are one of the primary ways airlines build customer loyalty. In a nutshell, the more you travel with the same airline (or its partners), the higher the odds you will be able to…
If you get on a plane and your baggage ends up being delayed, damaged or lost, who’s responsible: you or the airline? And what rules apply when you’re flying between different countries – even if you don’t…
A hoax bomb threat aboard Qatar Airways flight QR23 saw an RAF jet called into action to escort the plane to Manchester Airport. This is not a cause for concern. You can be assured that the cabin crew…
Fears about air travel are common and entirely understandable. Human beings have not evolved to fly (beyond the fact that we have evolved brains sophisticated enough to invent aircraft). In an alien environment…
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Professor of Biology, Clarkson University
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
