flying Archives - Rachel's Ruminations

Preparing for a flight: A very complete guide

Rachel Heller — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 09:41:44 +0000

A detailed guide to preparing for a flight: before you book, booking your flight, what to do once you've booked and in the days leading up to your flight.

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Finding your way in Schiphol Airport Amsterdam

Rachel Heller — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 18:17:04 +0000

Flying out of Schiphol? Read here all the steps to finding your way in Schiphol easily, and lots of ideas for things to do at Schiphol Airport while you wait for your flight.

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Sustainable travel tips: Part 2 – Land or sea

Rachel Heller — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:00:04 +0000

Sustainable travel tips: reducing your carbon footprint when traveling. Part 1 was about air travel; this part covers travel by land or sea.

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Sustainable air travel: What you can do

Rachel Heller — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 10:37:23 +0000

Have you ever been offered to buy a carbon offset when you booked a flight? If so, did you buy it? We all know that flying is bad for the environment. According to Our World in Data, aviation produces about 2.5% of all CO2 emissions, a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. Making it...

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Aviodrome Lelystad, an aviation museum

Rachel Heller — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:26:15 +0000

For a fearful flyer like me, airplanes hold a certain fascination. It can seem an absolute miracle that something so big and heavy can actually get off the ground. And then, of course, there are flying enthusiasts. Those fortunate people actually enjoy their time aloft, taking pictures out the window or just dropping off to...

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Flying EasyJet: a review

Rachel Heller — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:50:10 +0000

For years I’ve assumed that all budget airlines in Europe are essentially the same. Not so! Click to read my review of EasyJet.

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Prague Airport tour and a teeny-tiny airplane

Rachel Heller — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 14:09:52 +0000

Despite my fear of flying, I jumped at the chance to take a Prague Airport tour, including a flight in a small airplane. "Face your fear" and all that. Read all about it here!

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Gifts for flight attendants: an experiment

Rachel Heller — Fri, 05 May 2017 19:24:27 +0000

Cabin crew members have an important role and show remarkable patience. Here's a story about my experiment with bringing gifts for flight attendants.

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Flying into Skavsta? Nyköping is worth a look.

Rachel Heller — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 11:02:09 +0000

Budget airlines seek out secondary airports because the landing fees are lower. Skavsta airport, an hour outside of Stockholm, is one of these: both Ryanair and Wizz Air fly to Skavsta. Most visitors get on the express bus to Stockholm straight from their plane. That is a mistake. While I had booked a cheap Ryanair...

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Emirates A380 Economy Class Review

Rachel Heller — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:58:00 +0000

On my recent visit to Dubai on Emirates Airline, I was pleased to discover that I’d be flying on a plane I’d only seen from a distance before: the enormous Airbus A380. The A380 The A380 is a behemoth of a plane. Like Boeing’s 747, it just doesn’t look like it should be able to...

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