It's 20 minutes before Alaska Airlines Flight 626 takes off from San Francisco International Airport for Seattle. Colette Vance closes her eyes and calms herself with rosary beads, hoping that her ...

Reason has remarkably little effect on fear of flying, and nothing illustrates this better than looking at the statistics. M.I.T. professor of statistics Arnold Barnett tells us that only 1 in 45 ...

Fear of flying, also known as aerophobia, is pretty common. “About 13% of the population has an extreme fear of flying, and about 3.5% of people fear flying to the point of having a full-blown ...

A full-time traveller has shared their trick for 'flying anxiety' The simple hack involves simply lifting up your feet while seated Anecdotal reports claim it helps to minimise bumpy surface contact A ...

Aerophobia, or the fear of flying, affects tens of millions of Americans. One Bay Area program has been helping uneasy travelers fly the friendly skies for 50 years. Plane crashes are rare. Even so, ...

I hate to fly. I work myself up into a nervous wreck when I step on a plane. I can't relax during the entire flight. What can I do to calm myself down? First, let's define fear of flying. I argue that ...

For 50 years, a San Francisco-based group has created a space where fearful flyers can get supported exposure to air travel. 'Fear of Flying Clinic' helps anxious travelers back into the skies It's 20 ...