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  Flying for the First Time – What to expect!  You have planned your departure for a long time - applied for a passport, applied for a visa (filling of gazillion forms, interview, biometrics, medical (if applicable)), shopping for, booking and buying of an air ticket, packing, goodbyes, the trip to the airport, more goodbyes and finally you're at the security area ready to be frisked and scanned then off you climb that famous escalator that will take you away from your familiar territory! Here are some important details about flying written specifically for the first time flyer 1. Document safety and personal effects The safety of your travel documents cannot be overemphasized. You lose your passport and your flight won't happen! Keep your passport on your person all the time From experience, I find that the best way to keep your passport and other documents safe is to use a sling bag, a crossbody bag or a backpack and maybe a purse with a strap for ladies In there, you ...

People travel to different places for different reasons. Some travel far, often outside their countries or even outside their continents while others travel within their localities. For those traveling far, air transport is usually the mode of choice because of the need to save time. Flying can either be an exciting or an unnerving experience. Traveling by air for the first time is an experience that sticks to memory for many people. It does not matter how much one has heard, read or watched about air travel, it is until they actually make the trip that they get the real feeling.  Flying each time is a different experience since there are many parameters that come into play all the time - different airlines, aircraft, flight crew, fellow passengers, the weather, global situations like pandemics, terrorism and many others.  Therefore, someone flying for the first time or the fiftieth time is sure to encounter something different each time. This writeup is specifically for first...