If you are a frequent flyer or a constant traveler, you’ve probably dealt with a lot of airline security, protocols and guides. The airport is one of the busiest place on earth and because of that, all things should be kept under strict protocols and schedules. You see a lot of security guys roaming around the airport looking at the luggage with their sniffing dogs. If you are reading this while inside the airport, or planning a trip, here’s a good read to pass the time. Here are some interesting facts about airports and airlines collected throughout the years.
- It takes 19 minutes to check in through the airlines main counter
- The waiting time on the security checkpoint takes roughly around 13-15 minutes in average
- American Airlines have stopped providing pillows to their passengers during flights. You can request to have one though.
- According to an award winning magazine, there is a loophole in the airport security, which I would not include in this post.
- You are not allowed to say “bomb” inside an airport or even make a joke out of it unless you want to get banned.
- An airline company was reported to refuse to fly a mentally challenge passenger on the first class.
- Mythbusters, a documentary TV show has conducted an experiment where they have taken a series of tests on the fastest time the passengers can aboard the plane. They’ve also conducted a series of experiment about how to survive a plane crash.
- The world’s busiest airport is the Hartsfiled-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, and apparently they are the biggest airport as well.
- The deadliest and the biggest airplane crash in the history is September 11 attack in 2001 that killed thousands of people on the plane, the World Trade Center as well as the Pentagon.
- The Beijing International Airport was ranked as the #1 most beautiful airport in the world.
- The biggest airline in the world by scheduled passengers carried is Delta Airlines.
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