A couple of weeks ago I went to France for a few days, flying out of London City Airport on an early-morning British Airways flight to Nice. (There...
Read MoreNow we are heading into the heart and heat of summer, we can confidently expect longer and more frequent delays to any flight plans we may have. The e...
Read MoreSummer chaos in the skies predicted (again!)
Last week I went abroad for a short break, specifically taking a flight that went from Gatwick to Kalamata in the Peloponnese region of southern mainl...
Read MoreKalamata: a tiny kind of chaos
Last month I did something for the first time that millions have been doing for ages: I flew easyJet. I went to Nice and back from Gatwick on a four-d...
Read MoreEasy go: less easy home
The photo of Heathrow Terminal 5 on the home page looks, appropriately, a little like a view from a prison cage. And there seems to be no end in sight...
Read MoreDistinctly not flights of fancy
Well, that’s Easter pretty much out of the way! Have you got out of the airport yet? Of course, it may be that you and your family had no plans ...
Read MoreA lot of faff about flying right now
Taking a flight these days is a testing experience, albeit it has just got a little less so. With effect from 4 o’clock this morning, fully vacc...
Read MoreTesting times
A little over a week ago, I boarded my first flight for 21 months. It was from Heathrow, London to Nice, France. The experience felt both reassuringly...
Read MoreA threat of chaos turns into the reality of quietness
I think it’s fair to say that when it comes to the matter of flying, governments are presently all over the place. And I don’t just mean t...
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