I have launched something new, a project that charts the history of airline retail from the 50s to present day. 'Tickets to Everywhere' is a digital project that maps airline retail in London, Paris and New York alongside a selection of airline network from that time tickets.directionoftravel.com

Nicholas Negroponte on the future of books from an ancient edition of Wired (4.02) web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wi...

Direction of Travel is now at my local book shop in Camberwell.

We intentionally built @theupfront.media to put longform readers first. The first feature articles on theupfront.media are approaching 4,000 words. We’re immensely proud of creating a place where reading a fifteen-minute deep-dive into aviation isn’t just informative, but enjoyable and relaxing.

Latest trend for launching products: Post a reel on Instagram announcing it with slick animations but no link.

I highly recommend 5B4 (it used to be a blog, but is now on Patreon) posts on photography and books. Here's the latest one looking at Nightsun by David Deutsch, a book that explores LA's reliance on helicopters for law enforcement.

First look at the Thomas Heatherwick and KPF designed Singapore Airport Terminal 5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MvT...

According to Google Flights carbon emission calculations the 787-9 emits around 15% less co2 than the A350-900 on a similar route like SFO-SIN. Not sure this adds up.

In the world of MSFS there are trailers for new addons. And then there is this, which is just glorious: www.youtube.com/watch?v=udyY...

My prototype project visualising the impact of Heathrow's proposed third runway is back online. thethirdrunway.com

HEATHROW’S NATURE CONTROL TOWER NOW OPEN! The Nature Traffic Control Tower opens today, launched to raise awareness of ​⁠ Heathrow Airport's Nature Positive Plan. To come and see it for yourself, book a free tour at: www.heathrow.com/company/abou...

The Snowy Owls of Logan Airport (via @kottke.org) www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3xK...

One of the many ugly sides of aviation www.propublica.org/article/insi... via @wandrme.paxex.aero

I made this animation for the latest Volume of Direction of Travel. directionoftravel.com/products/dir...

Somewhere over Hokkaido en route to LHR pre-war.

I got two copies of the latest @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social because of my Stack subscription. Who want the spare one ? As always their issues are epic.

These most recent photos were shot on a Nikon D1, a 2.7 MP digital camera. It shot tiff files. The files are quite interesting, not flat, not too much contrast and they don't have that digital feel.

More vintage Heathrow action. Loved that old Thai Airways livery.

Some Concorde action from way back. Just found these two on some old CDs.

Lovely piece about the ever fascinating work of Jeremy Deller. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

Nice piece from Cathay celebrating Kai Tak: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAJS...

Interesting long piece on Boom Supersonic (via @wandrme.paxex.aero) www.construction-physics.com/p/will-boom-...

It’s 2025 and I still come across PDFs, where I am expected to squint and zoom to read. I can’t search, I can’t see the pictures properly. I don’t want to flick through pages. I want to read. We have known this for well over 15 years and yet here we are.

First arrival for Heathrow inbound, a positioning flight for British Airways from Gatwick.

Live.

Fancy some quiet airport watching. Here's a very quiet live stream from Heathrow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD7w...

Nice little film from Swiss. Also a collaboration of all things with Inbuilds (who make planes for flight simulator). www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzVz...

Looks like Microsoft had closed its shop on Oxford Circus. It was once home to Alitalia and is still referred to as Alitalia House even though there no physical traces of the airline left.

Experimental project, mapping the flightpaths of the proposed third runway at London Heathrow. thethirdrunway.com. You can see the impact where you live. Much more to come.

First time with Titan Airways the private charter airline based out do the U.K. Absolutely fine here operating on behalf of British Airways. Friendly crew on a 19 year old A320.

U2 Dragon Lady focus, this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtsZ... or 1/

Not entirely sure how I have missed John Rogers' work on YouTube, but there you go. His films with Ian Sinclair are especially wonderful. www.youtube.com/@JohnRogersW...

If you are into maps then you might have come across David Rumsey and his incredible collection of maps. His website is a treasure trove, one of those now increasingly rare online resources. There is a wonderful documentary now available on his site: www.davidrumsey.com/about/a-stra...

One of the best take-aways from attending Indiecon in Hamburg last year was discovering @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social. Just really good writing Here's a really great example: nyra.nyc/articles/baa...

Another great episode is out on 16 Sunsets @drkevinfong.bsky.social amazing history of the space shuttle. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

Various photos taken a few years back in the area North of Heathrow that will become the third runway (if, it goes head) between Sipson and Harmondsworth. #heathrow

Here's a piece I wrote about Heathrow third runway for Volume 2 of Direction of Travel directionoftravel.com/blogs/storie... #aviation #heathrow

A timeline of events about Heathrow’s third runway, a twenty year project. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Why didn’t any of you tell me about Nagoya Airport? The observation deck (land side) is the entire roof of the terminal building. Unreal. New favorite airport.

There is a reference to a BBC programme from 1991, where Foster talks about the 747. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Interesting lengthy profile on Norman Foster and his work www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

If you're interested in Heathrow's development, these documents might be helpful. Currently, the airport runs a runway alternation program during Westerly operations, switching landing runway at 3 PM daily. This doesn’t apply during Easterly operations, but that’s set to change soon. Continued ...

This is a super useful guide to Flight Information Regions (FIR), including how to map it. Beautiful done too. If you are into maps and aviation this is very helpful. observablehq.com/@openaviatio...

Lost LA (they also run a very interesting Instagram account) episode about the Space Shuttle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWVm...

If you like the Space Shuttle (eg. 16 Sunset, the podcast on its history) then this short documentary is pretty good too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8no...

This is a lovely piece about a conductor who also flies the A320, www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/a...

This is the departure terminal for flights departing outside EU from Tirstrup Airport, Aarhus. A tent. It has been like this for years. The rest of the airport has been completely overhauled and includes an amazing soft play area for kids. This though is sort of amazing in just how basic it is.

Make believe travel agency (Rejse bureau) at the Old Town in Aarhus.

This is busy in the Southern Ocean

More niceness from SAS. Here they celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Polar Route. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Azj...