weight

When traveling, making sure your bags are no more than the maximum weight allowed is pretty important. If you’re over that 50-pound limit (well, 40 pounds for Frontier, Spirit and …

Planes being able to fly is all based on 4 forces: Drag: the force that acts in the opposite direction of the plane and slows the plane down Lift: the …

Remember when you used to fly, you could check your bag for free? Yeah, those days are long gone. Nearly all U.S.-based airlines charge a fee for checked bags up …

You may have heard about a plane “dumping fuel” before. The definition of it is pretty self-explanatory…the plane has X amount of fuel and it throws out, or “dumps” (although …

A couple of days ago, several news outlets and travel bloggers began reporting that U.S. airlines might begin weighing passengers before they board flights to ensure planes maintain a safe …

Some Air New Zealand passengers were in for an awkward surprise when they were recently told they had to get weighed before boarding their flight. Hilary Barry is a journalist …