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Skytrax names new best airport for 2021

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Mark Stachiew

There’s a new world’s best airport, according to Skytrax which has handed out its World Airport Awards for 2021. Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha,

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Unlike YYZ and YVR, YUL won’t separate vaccinated from unvaccinated passengers

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Even as Toronto and Vancouver’s international airports have stated they would divide arriving passengers by vaccination status in order to streamline customs inspections, Montreal’s Trudeau

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Flight Aware lets you map airline flights around the world

June 29, 2021January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

There are numerous flight trackers online which let #avgeeks track flights on every speck of the globe. I’m a fan of Flight Aware, although am

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Travel Quiz #7 – Airport code or text abbreviation? Can you tell the difference?

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Mark Stachiew

Airlines rely on handy three-letter codes to identify the world’s airports while smartphone users are fond of three-letter abbreviations to use as shorthand in their

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Women like to get to the airport earlier than men, survey reveals

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 Mark Stachiew

One of the biggest hassles of travel for me is having to wait at the airport, which is pretty much in line with a recent

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One country has a third of the world’s airports

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Mark Stachiew

The country with the most airports in the world, more than 33 per cent of the global total, is the United States. As of 2017,

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The origins of the world’s airport codes don’t always make sense

August 28, 2018 Mark Stachiew

The world’s airports are identified by three-letter codes known as IATA station identifiers. You’ve no doubt seen them on your baggage tags when you were

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Listen to live air traffic control radio on LiveATC.net

April 5, 2017January 31, 2025 Mark Stachiew

Listening to air traffic controllers on the radio is not an activity that appeals to everyone, but there are enough aviation geeks out there that

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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