Writers
30 freelance contributors based in 27 countries. Each writes part-time about the airports and aviation realities they actually know.
Vivienne Park
Former aviation consultant, now a freelance writer in Brooklyn. Hates aggregator booking sites, defends LGA in public, and writes for airport.flights part-time.
Marcus Trenton
Twelve years as a Delta gate agent at ATL. Took early retirement in 2022, now writes part-time about southern US hubs and what the published timetables hide.
Sloan Marchetti
Ex-Virgin America revenue management, ex-Klook content strategist. Writes part-time about West Coast hubs through a unit-economics lens.
Theresa Doan
Six years at Korean Air ground ops at LAX. Vietnamese-American, writes part-time about Pacific Rim transit and family travel.
Caleb Brockway
Aviation journalist who covered United and American for Crain's Chicago Business 2014-2021. Now writes part-time, mostly about hub politics and carrier strategy.
Imani Reeves
Corporate travel manager at a Houston energy firm. Books a team of sixty engineers to remote sites weekly. Writes part-time about budget travel done right.
Bridget Halsey
Travel + Leisure staff writer 2015-2020. Now freelance, writes part-time about lounges and the slow erosion of business-class hospitality.
Reggie Camarillo
Nine years as an American Airlines flight attendant on Latin America routes, MIA base. Now writes part-time on Latin connectivity.
Tomás Reyes
Seven years at Alaska Airlines maintenance scheduling at Sea-Tac. Writes part-time, mostly about Pacific Northwest hubs and the operational side of fleet decisions.
Eliza Whitcombe
Fourteen years as British Airways cabin crew, Worldwide LHR base. Took a buyout in 2023, now writes part-time about Heathrow and BA realities.
Hugo Rauch
Twelve years at aero International magazine in Hamburg covering the Lufthansa Group. Freelance since 2022. Writes part-time about Central European hubs.
Aoife Brennan
Transport policy researcher at Trinity College Dublin, side career in travel writing. Specialises in airport ground transport and rail integration.
Olivier Babin
Seventeen years as Air France long-haul purser on the 777 and A380 fleet. Early retirement in 2024. Writes part-time about Paris hubs and long-haul realities.
Sebastian Vogt
Süddeutsche Zeitung aviation desk 2018-2023, now freelance. Writes part-time about European low-cost carriers and the airports that depend on them.
Marta Kowalska
Corporate travel manager at a Warsaw-based IT services firm. Books a team of sixty engineers across Europe weekly. Writes part-time about practical schedules.
Tunç Bey
Anadolu Agency aviation reporter 2016-2023. Now freelance, writes part-time about Turkish Airlines hub politics and Middle East transit.
Ingrid Halberg
Eleven years at SAS ground ops at Arlanda. Master's in sustainable aviation from KTH. Writes part-time about Nordic hubs and the climate side of flying.
Kenji Watanabe
Eleven years as an ANA gate agent at Tokyo Haneda. Now writes from Yokohama. Specialises in HND operational reality and Asian hub design.
Mei Lin Tan
Sixteen years as Singapore Airlines cabin crew, senior on A380 SIN-LHR and SIN-JFK. Took early retirement in 2024. Writes part-time on premium hospitality.
Park Jihoon
Korean travel magazine writer 2018-2024. Covered the Korean Air-Asiana merger. Writes part-time on ICN, Korean carriers, and North Asian transit.
Aanya Kapoor
Economic Times Travel desk 2019-2024. Family from Delhi, married to a Vistara pilot. Writes part-time on Indian aviation and family travel.
Mark Sutherland
Eight years on Qantas ground crew at Sydney. Took voluntary redundancy in 2023. Writes part-time on Australian hubs and long-haul Pacific routes.
Apinya Chaiyaphum
Five years at Plaza Premium BKK. Now an independent lounge reviewer based in Bangkok. Writes part-time on Southeast Asian lounges and hospitality.
Aditya Verma
Bangalore-based corporate IT consultant logging 200K+ miles a year on UA/LH/EK. Writes part-time on long-haul connections from the road-warrior side.
Layla Al-Hashemi
Nine years on the Emirates Marhaba ground hospitality team at DXB. Multilingual. Writes part-time on Gulf hubs and lounge networks.
Faisal Mansour
Aviation Week stringer 2015-2021. Qatari national. Writes part-time on Qatar Airways and Gulf hub competition.
Carolina Mendes
Brazilian transit journalist with a family of pilots. Writes part-time on Latin American airports and urban transit interfaces.
Miguel Castaño
Seven years at Aeroméxico revenue management. Now writes part-time on Mexican and Central American aviation.
Sade Adeyemi
Engineering News (South Africa) 2017-2023 covering aviation business. Witnessed the Comair collapse. Writes part-time on African aviation.
Niko Marin
Sold a SaaS startup in 2021, has been a continuous long-term traveller since. No fixed home. Writes part-time on cross-regional comparisons.