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What do Staff at Airports wear? A Guide to Uniforms at the Airport

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Uniforms at airports can vary big time! There are different uniform recommendations in different countries, airlines and roles.

Understanding those uniforms can be a great way to stay informed and calm at the airport, and can even help you get to grips with your dream job at the local airport.

We’re going to take a look at different jobs around the airport and what clothes, colours and accessories they are expected to wear.

Firstly, what does the pilot uniform look like?

For commercial airlines, you might be imagining the captain’s hat, gold airline badges, shirt and tie and the chevron-like patterns on their shoulder pads (called epaulets). Traditionally, this wasn’t the case.

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Get Ready for Your Pilot Aptitude Test

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Ever wondered what it’d be like to train as a Pilot? We teamed up with Jennifer Feldman from JobTestPrep for their insight into what it takes to be able to take off…

“Let’s face the facts, as a pilot, there is a lot of information you need to learn. Learning airport codes, abbreviations, runway lengths, and other airport information is just the tip of the iceberg. Any job that requires a lot of knowledge and responsibility does not come easy. As a prerequisite to landing the pilot job of your dream, candidates will be required to take a pilot aptitude test. It does not matter if you are new to the field or an experienced pilot—you should expect to take a pilot aptitude test during the recruitment process.

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Does your local airport make it into the World’s best and worst airports list?!

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With new figures released following a study conducted by AirHelp, the World’s airports have been ranked based on their punctuality, service and quality and the results are pretty surprising!

The flight delays compensation company looked at the above figures for 76 of the World’s most popular airports over a 3 month period, alongside any buzz on social media that related to the airports in question. They looked specifically at cancelled or delayed flights and complaint handling at each to help pull together a ’10 best and worst airports’ list.

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Airport Codes Quiz

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How good is your Airport Code knowledge? Put it to the test with our Airport Codes Quiz

Airport Codes Quiz

What is an airport code? – An airport code is a unique code for an airport, made up of 3 (sometimes 4) letters, used in passenger reservation, ticketing, and baggage-handling systems.

Airport codes are a funny business. A lot of airport codes are simply the first three letters of the airport or a tidy acronym of the airport’s name. Sometimes they make perfect sense, sometimes you can just about see the connection and sometimes they have no relevance to the airport’s name at all. There are an estimated 17,576 airport codes around the world, sadly we didn’t have time to put them all into a quiz but we have picked 10 for you to tackle:

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The World’s Scariest Airport Runways (Videos)

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For some, flying can be a scary experience at the best of times, even if it’s just from Gatwick to Madrid, with normal runways and landing paths. So imagine how much worse it’d be if you were landing somewhere like The Ice Runway in Antarctica, or the once infamous Kai Tak in Hong Kong… Not heard of them? Well how about we show you why they are amongst our rundown of The World’s scariest airport runways!

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Blizzards hit North East Coast Airports!

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Over the weekend, the North East Coast of America was subject to “Snowmageddon”, a massive snowstorm that crippled cities and brought life to a standstill. Fortunately, (or maybe unfortunately depending on how much you love the snow) things are now slowly starting to get back to normal, after all, it’s not an easy task to get rid of 3-4 foot of snow!

Reports suggest that Washington received around 30 inches of snow and an unofficial report stated that a rural area in West Virginia had an incredible 40 inches of snowfall! American airports are usually renowned for their ability to deal with heavy snowfall, but even they were defeated this time, with 7000 flights cancelled over the weekend.

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Introducing the responsive World Airport Codes!

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Our lovely World Airport Codes has come a long way since we started! 13 years later it’s evolved into a data hub for all of the world’s airports and has an average of around 3.5 million users per year that visit from all corners of the globe. So, what next for World Airport Codes?

The new responsive World Airport Codes Website

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World Airport Codes responsive website for finding airport codes worldwide

After 5 months of hard work, we are very excited to introduce to you the responsive version of World Airport Codes!

If you’re a frequent user of World Airport Codes, you may have noticed over the past few days that some features of the site are now a little different, especially if you’ve been accessing our site from your mobile or tablet device.

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Brazil Airports Nowhere Near Ready for World Cup

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There have been a series of reports in the media throughout April forecasting difficult times ahead for the airports which are supposed to handle the bulk of the World Cup 2014 air passenger traffic.

BBC reported that most of Brazil’s airports being improved for this big sporting event will not be ready in time. According to the government-backed Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) at least 10 out of 13 terminals being upgraded are unlikely to be completed.

A look into the future of airports

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Just a few years ago, you would find that the most high-tech piece of equipment at an airport for travellers would be pay phones or fax machines filling terminal walls with ugly plastic boxes.  However, times have changed with the technical age and now airports are entering the 21st century with some of the most innovative technologies in the world.  We take a look at how technology has improved the world of travel in these changing times.

10 years ago, to check into your journey you would have to arrive hours before your flight and join an endless queue of equally bored individuals and families (and you would not have had a mobile phone to entertain you and your group). However, incessant queuing is no more as check-in can now be done online, meaning you can print off your boarding pass and select your seat from the comfort of your own home. If you have hand luggage only, you can even walk straight through to security, into the terminal and onto the plane – cutting down the amount of time you need to spend at the airport or increasing the amount of time you can spend in duty-free if you prefer!  Kiosk check-in’s are also available at most airports now so you do not even need to speak to airport staff if you have not checked in beforehand.

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The missing Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpar

Where is Malaysia Airlines’ missing Boeing 777?

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With all the new technology making our world a smaller place it is truly difficult to understand how a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people can totally disappear.  However that is what has happened in the year 2014.

On Saturday it will be 2 weeks since the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing and there is still no evidence to suggest where one earth it could be, which is deeply upsetting for the families and friends of those who boarded that flight.

The internet has run wild with theories and speculation but the truth is there is still much doubt over what is going on and what could have possibly happened.   Here is what we do know:

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