Dubai officially opened its second Al Maktoum International Airport on Sunday for cargo operations.
Journeys today are not so easy, but neither was it in the past. Gone are the days when people used to depend on modes of transportation like waterways and roadways.
Delays in flights, security checks, arriving too early for check-in are a part and parcel of airline travel.
I recently read Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s Night Flight (original french: Vol de Nuit).
In the last decades there have not been significant advances in airplanes engines. While in the 1980’s jet propulsion engines were improved and widely introduced in the airplane market, there have not been significant advances since then. Even some designs… Continue Reading →