A tech stop (technical stop or technical landing) is a brief landing made purely for operational reasons — most often to refuel, sometimes for crew rest or mechanical servicing — not to pick up or drop off passengers, cargo or mail. The flight keeps the same flight number and the same aircraft, so you don’t […]
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“SSSS” (Secondary Security Screening Selection) is a United States airport-security marker printed on a boarding pass by the TSA’s Secure Flight system — not by your airline, a gate agent, or any Indian authority. It only matters when you are flying to, from, or through the USA. India has no equivalent printed code: a secondary
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Split ticketing means booking your outbound and return as two separate one-way flights instead of one round trip. On Indian domestic LCCs like IndiGo, SpiceJet and Akasa, a return is usually just two one-ways added together, so the price is normally a wash unless you mix airlines, catch a one-way sale, or flex your dates.
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The 6-month passport validity rule is an entry condition set by the country you are flying to, not an airline invention. Airlines only enforce it at check-in because they face fines for carrying improperly documented passengers. It is not universal: some countries demand six months beyond your stay, some three, and some only validity for
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A married segment is two or more connecting flights an airline treats as a single, locked unit for pricing and seat availability. The individual legs cannot be priced or ticketed separately at their standalone fares. It exists so airlines can wall off cheap single-leg inventory from connecting itineraries and steer you through preferred hubs, which
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To actually sleep on a long-haul flight, book a window seat, set your watch to destination time, and start sleep when it is bedtime there. Skip alcohol and late caffeine, hydrate steadily, block light and noise with an eye mask and earplugs, and stretch your legs every couple of hours. A 2024 chamber study found
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A “ghost flight” is a scheduled flight that runs with under 10% of its seats filled — near-empty, not literally zero passengers. Airlines occasionally fly them to keep valuable airport landing slots under the “use-it-or-lose-it” rule, which normally requires using a slot at least 80% of the time. This mostly happened at congested European hubs
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ETOPS is the rule that lets two-engine jets fly long ocean routes that once needed three or four engines. The rating is a maximum diversion TIME — how many minutes a twin may be from a suitable airport while flying on a single engine, not a distance or total endurance. The Airbus A350 is type-certified
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Items you surrender at an Indian airport security checkpoint are generally not returned to you — assume the item is gone. Authorities publish prohibited-item lists, but no public step-by-step disposal procedure for everyday surrenders. And no, your lighter or perfume is not being auctioned: the airport auctions you’ve read about are Customs seizures of smuggled
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Yes, the brace position works. Aviation authorities recommend it because it reduces flailing of the body and limbs and minimises secondary impact — your head or body striking the cabin after the aircraft decelerates. The US FAA found bracing lowers head and neck injury risk, and even an imperfect attempt beats no attempt. The exact
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