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PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES: January 2008 





Taking flight
Omer Ali discovers that bees, Bedouins and boat-planes have all featured in the Gulf’s eight decades of air-travelling history

Airborne again
Kate McAuley experiences the glamour of the seaplane – a venerable mode of transport now making a comeback

Baby, you can’t drive my car
Motorists in Aleppo are loath to let Oliver August take their much-prized classic American cars for a spin

Crushed on the wheels of industry
Commuting in Mumbai can be the most gruelling of ordeals, but a certain camaraderie flourishes amid the chaos, finds Jerry Pinto

Channel hopping
The new high-speed link between Paris and London’s renovated St Pancras station heralds a second golden age for European rail travel, according to Kathryn Miller

Head over wheels
Petrolheads in the Gulf have an undiminished lust for powerful automobiles, finds Georgia Lewis; while Ted Mcauley rides the ultimate status symbol, the Rolls-Royce Phantom

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