People also forget that well into the 1960s, air travel was far more dangerous than it is today. In the 1950s and 1960s US airlines experienced at least a half dozen crashes per year – most ...

The number of Americans getting on airplanes has sunk to a level not seen in more than 60 years as people shelter in their homes to avoid catching or spreading ...

This week, the industry group Airlines for America announced that they’re projecting a record-high 234.1 million passengers would travel on a U.S. airline this summer, between June 1 and Aug. 31 ...

Cocktail lounges, five course meals, caviar and an endless flow of champagne: life on board airplanes was quite different during the “golden age of travel,” the period from the 1950s to the ...

Air travel these days feels more like a necessary chore than a luxury, ... Read more The post 29 Photos That Capture the Golden Age of Air Travel (1950s – 1970s) ...

Air travel. Add Topic. 15 reasons why right now — not the 1950s — is the golden age of travel.

Louis CK has a hilarious bit about what a bunch of unappreciative jerks we are when it comes to air travel, how we act as though our plane is like "a cattle car in the 40s in Germany", despite the ...