Independent aviation, transport & travel journalist — and author — open to projects! #PaxEx, rail, Japan, gardens, #Eurovision and more. 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 in 🇫🇷.

🏡 Central France · he/him
Joined May 2007
John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Reflections on JAL516 and a visit to Airbus' new Safety Promotion Center runwaygirlnetwork.com/2024/0… by @thatjohn #airsafety #JAL516 #paxex
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Apple leather? Delving into lower-carbon amenity kits runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… @thatjohn explores #greenwing #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
To fly, to drive, or to take the train: a French passenger conundrum runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… @thatjohn explores #travel #paxex
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
On paper, the Star Alliance lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle should be a standout. In execution, however, the lounge is poorly conceived, humdrum, dim and tired, offering neither French flair nor international style. runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… @thatjohn explores #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Aegean’s new business class: well above Eurobusiness average runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… A #nosetotail trip report by @thatjohn #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Surprise-and-delight: a new inflight model for Champagne and other beverages? runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… @thatjohn explores #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
At a time when the doored mini-suite trend in business class is creating ever more individual spaces for passengers, there’s an opportunity to use lighting to achieve impressive effects. @thatjohn explores the Kydex/Astronics console collaboration runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… #PaxEx
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
What better place to spot The Airport by @thatjohn than at an airport?! 📍 This photo was taken at the @strandbookstore in @LGAairport. Can you accept the challenge and find it in another airport?
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
barbie’s wheelchair vs my actual wheelchair: a critical comparison aka the best twitter thread i will ever post strap in #Barbie
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Meet @thatjohn, author of The Airport! ✈️ John is an award-winning journalist who specializes in transport, aviation, airlines, and the passenger experience. His lifelong interest in aviation was sparked during a life of shuttling around the world. 🗺️
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Avoiding "coffin class": the new inward-facing herringbone challenge runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
We have two books out in the US today!🎉🇺🇸 ✈️In The Airport by @thatjohn kids meet flight attendants ready for takeoff, hardworking sniffer dogs, and a mighty falcon. 🌵In Plants to the Rescue! by @ThePlantProf expect super beets, glow-in-the-dark plants, and oil-sucking fungi.
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Pack your bags and get ready to check in at the airport! Meet pilots and baggage handlers, fly in an airplane, and learn about the science behind how everything works in this charming nonfiction story from @thatjohn and Hannah Abbo ✈️ bit.ly/46Anq5z
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Air4All wheelchair seat space wows with simplicity and elegance runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… #paxex #accessibility
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
I'm thrilled to share my latest project: #TheAirport, a children's book celebrating the incredible people who work to get us where we're going when we fly. Got a small #avgeek in your life? Pre-order the book today! UK: neonsquidbooks.com/uk/books/… US: neonsquidbooks.com/books/the…
📣 What better way to celebrate #WorldBookDay than with a super cool book announcement? Embark on a journey with @thatjohn and get ready to meet pilots and baggage handlers, fly in an airplane, and marvel at amazing science in The Airport (The Inside Story). ✈️
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Enough room for you @UkNatArchives and @britishmuseum to take home souvenirs and claim as your own.
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Airbus comes full C-Series circle with A220 Airspace cabin, new bins runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
The “attenzione borseggiatrici” heroine has been unmasked! I can’t wait until Charlize Theron plays her in a movie
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
Viva España: Iberia Express is effective if uninspired in economy runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… A #nosetotail flight report #paxex #avgeek
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John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social retweeted
AvioInteriors' Heric returns as a credible low-cost herringbone with a sizeable sleeping surface runwaygirlnetwork.com/2023/0… #paxex #avgeek
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