airports – Flung

What To Expect During a Layover at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:53:24 +0000

Riding down the escalator into London Heathrow Terminal 5’s main waiting and shopping hall, I heard a man behind me quip to his companion, “Can you believe this is the new terminal?” I turned around and said, “This terminal is new?” We shared a chuckle. Nothing about the space we inhabited felt as recent as it apparently was. It felt instead scattershot, like a space that was built for one purpose but re-appropriated for something else. Seating appeared crammed, shops […]

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JFK –> Frankfurt on Lufthansa Flight 405

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:07:54 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JFK –> FRA on LH405 Flight: LH405 from New York’s JFK to Frankfurt Airport Date and Time of Flight: September 16, 2016 at 9:55pm Terminal: JFK’s Terminal 1 was a bit of a madhouse. A ton of fancy retail shops like Coach and Bally stood mostly empty, while […]

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How I Survive Long Flights (After 2 Decades of Taking Them)

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 16:01:24 +0000

The stories are legion, even in the realm of my first-hand experience: The entire economy cabin of my flight once watched the mother of a newborn melt down completely when she found that she didn’t have the front seat with the little detachable crib after all. On another occasion I watched a woman get her carryon bag tested for size at the boarding gate, then, forced to check it, grow increasingly angry, erupting finally at the gate agent with the […]

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Lexington, KY –> LaGuardia on Delta Flight 5252

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:05:32 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. Here, we review the Interjet route from Mexico City to Huatulco, on the coast of Oaxaca and the most convenient gateway to that oceanside region. LEX –> LGA Flight: Delta flight DL 5252, two hours and three minutes long, operated by ExpressJet DBA Delta Connection. Date and Time of Flight: June […]

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On Holiday Travel: A Stumbling State of Mind

Sarah Stodola — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:58:52 +0000

At roughly 7:15am, a quarter-mile-long line snaked out from security at La Guardia’s Gate D, turned a corner and continued on almost to the check-in counters, where we joined it. Half an hour later I could see the other side and began feeling the taste of my first coffee in the same way that, at the other end of a day, one might palpably feel the near-future of sleep as she sits on the bed and removes her shoes. Then, […]

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Throwback Vibes on Azerbaijan Airlines

Erum Naqvi — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:45:38 +0000

The first time I passed through Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, I spent four hours in its airport waiting for my connecting flight. Heydar Aliyev International Airport was a strange place back in 2011. It was not in fact even named Heydar Aliyev International Airport yet. It seemed frozen in time, and frozen distinctly in what I imagine 1977 would have looked like. There weren’t that many people there, but the men who were present (it was almost exclusively men) […]

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NYC –> Athens on Delta Flight 40

Sarah Stodola — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 19:08:55 +0000

In Flight Reviews, Flung writers provide key information about flights they take in order to leave the flying public better informed in an age of frustration, obfuscation and increasingly unfriendly skies. JFK –> ATH Flight: Delta Flight 40 from New York’s JFK to Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos. Date and Time of Flight: May 25, 2015. Takeoff at 4:26pm. Boarding: The staff called for Business Class, Platinum members and Comfort+ passengers to line up to one side of the gate, with Zone […]

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