As a teenager, I wondered if I would ever have the chance to fly in an airplane. I was 21 before I took my first airplane flight.
I’ve flown a lot more since then — including one business trip where I literally flew around the world on the same flight, only stopping occasionally at designated cities along the way.
Now, teens and younger children fly by themselves and think nothing of it.
Air travel has become second nature for most of us and has burgeoned in recent years. For instance, in 1980, airlines flew 800 million passengers globally. In 2019, they flew a whooping 4.6 billion of them.
That’s a lot of people flying the friendly skies.
Is it too many? Some people think so. Overtourism to popular tourist destinations like Rome, Paris and Tokyo makes it more likely you will meet other travelers than you will…